Maurice Challe (5 September 1905 - 18 January 1979) was a French general during the Algerian War, one of four generals who took part in the Algiers putsch. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Algerian War ( French: Guerre d'Algérie; 1954-1962 also known as Algerian War of Independence, led to Algeria 's independence from The Algiers putsch (Putsch d'Alger or fr ''Coup d'État d'Alger'' also known as the Generals' putsch ( Putsch des Généraux) took place from the afternoon General Maurice Challe was a brilliant French airforce general whose greatest military success was in the realm of counter-insurgency operations during the French-Algerian conflict of 1954-1962. His offensive, begun in March of 1959 and also known as the Challe Plan succeeded in substantially weakening the F. L. N. (Front de Libération Nationale) in Algeria. Through the use of speed and concentration of force, Challe kept the F. L. N. insurgents in constant retreat and disorder. His innovative tactics would be studied and emulated by others seeking to keep insurgency at bay and off-balance. The Challe Plan was only partially completed before he was reasigned to France.
Under his command, French army won the war on the field but this victory proved undecisive as De Gaulle felt the international community and the algerian muslim population where now in favour of the independance and took knowledge of the cost of the war. Finally, De Gaulle decided, despite his army had almost destroyed the ALN, to organise a referendum of self-determination in algeria.
Challe was one of the heads of the Algiers putsch of 1961, along with Raoul Salan, Edmond Jouhaud and André Zeller. The Algiers putsch (Putsch d'Alger or fr ''Coup d'État d'Alger'' also known as the Generals' putsch ( Putsch des Généraux) took place from the afternoon Raoul Albin Louis Salan ( 10 June 1899 - 3 July 1984) was an officer in the French Army and the fourth French commanding Edmond Jouhaud ( April 2, 1905 &ndash September 4, 1995) was one of four French generals who briefly staged a putsch in Algeria in Unlike the other putschists Challe did not have authoritarian sympathies but participated in the coup because he felt that France betrayed pro-France Muslims. After the putsch failed, he was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment. He was freed in December 1966 and amnistied by De Gaulle in 1968.
Challe died on 18 January 1979. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
Bibliography
Horne, Alistair. A Savage War Of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962. New York Review of Books, New York: NY, 1977.
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