For the failed military coup, see Algiers putsch of 1961.
Political crisis in France during the Algerian War of Independence
May 1958 crisis
Date
13–29 May 1958
Location
France French Algeria
Result
Fall of the French Fourth Republic
Belligerents
French Government
Units of French Army, French Navy and French Air Force
Commanders and leaders
René Coty Pierre Pflimlin
Général d'Armée Raoul Salan Général d'Armée Jacques Massu Général d'Armée Aérienne Edmond Jouhaud Admiral Philippe Auboyneau Jacques Soustelle Pierre Lagaillarde
Strength
Government-loyal armed force
Counter force armed force
Casualties and losses
None
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Algerian War
1950s
Toussaint Rouge
Boukerker
Véronique
El Djorf I
Philippeville
Blue Bird
Palestro
Algiers
Fellaoucene
Oued Zeggar
Sidi Semiane
Agounennda
Bouzegza
El Menaouer
Essien
Timimoun
Bab El Bekkouche
Borders
May 1958 crisis
1st Ouled Bouachra
Ath Yahia Moussa
Jumelles
Plan Challe (1959-1961)
1960s
Algiers putsch
Paris
Bab El Oued
Oran
Boutaleb
Bouk’hil
Nasinsa
Ouled Rashache
Flawcen
2nd Ouled Bouachra
Kef Lakhdar
Ouled Sinan
Guergour
Kef Afoul
The May 1958 crisis, also known as the Algiers putsch or the coup of 13 May, was a political crisis in France during the turmoil of the Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962) which led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic and its replacement by the Fifth Republic led by Charles de Gaulle who returned to power after a twelve-year absence. It started as a political uprising in Algiers on 13 May 1958 and then became a military coup d'état led by a coalition headed by Algiers deputy and reserve airborne officer Pierre Lagaillarde, French Generals Raoul Salan, Edmond Jouhaud, Jean Gracieux, and Jacques Massu, and by Admiral Philippe Auboyneau, commander of the Mediterranean fleet. The coup was supported by former Algerian Governor General Jacques Soustelle and his activist allies.
The coup had as its aim to oppose the formation of Pierre Pflimlin's new government and to impose a change of policies in favor of the right-wing partisans of French Algeria.
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