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The 13 May 1958 crisis — The Algiers insurrection that recalled de Gaulle
The crowd stormed the Government-General and a Committee of Public Safety — the name of 1793 — installed itself; two days later General Salan cried “vive de Gaulle” from the balcony; the mainland, powerless, under threat of a military operation, turned to the man of 18 June. The Fourth Republic was dying. (Editorial synthesis)
The 13 May 1958 crisis took place in Algiers. (source: Office of the Historian (Département d’État))
The 13 May 1958 crisis ended in the formation of a Committee of Public Safety in Algiers — the Republic on its knees called on de Gaulle. (source: Larousse and Fondation Charles de Gaulle)
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