Jamal Awil

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A military plan to intervene in France acquired a symbolic Gaullist codename. [fact]

Meanwhile, plans were initiated for a physical, military intervention in France to force the hand of both the government and the slow-moving de Gaulle. Conceived by Massu, the operation originally bore the typically straightforward code-name of “Grenade” but under Delbecque’s influence it was changed to the more meaningful “Résurrection”, borrowed from de Gaulle’s allusion at his Press conference.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 895