In Paris, it is considered that three myths died in Algeria over the weekend, these being the selfish myth of the white ultras that Algeria is French; the mendacious myth of the French army that only a fistful of fighting rebels in Algeria wanted independence in all those years of war; and the major, miracle myth that de Gaulle could make peace — though no one here, or probably anywhere, thinks that anyone else could make it.

XREF: Connects to the broader history of Algerian independence and the collapse of French colonial identity claims.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1320