1961 Algiers putsch event
also: 1961 coup against Charles de Gaulle, OAS coup
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Algeriacountry · 2Charles de Gaulleperson · 2Francecountry · 211th Parachute Brigadeorganization · 2Yves Guérin-Séracperson · 1Algerian Warevent · 1Organisation armée secrèteorganization · 1
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against Muslim minorities. Well, majority. They were minority in government, but they were the majority of the people in Algeria. Naturally, elements of the 11th shock also participated in the 1961 coup against Charles de Gaulle, which was …
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Algeria, their independence, so they tried to kill him. The coup was led by a clandestine network of French military known as the OAS, and the OAS coup failed, so Yves Savak deserted the 11th Shock Brigade and signed on with the OAS because…