ALN combat losses outnumbered its gained fighters by two to one [fact]
But in answer to the leading question repeatedly asked by the author, “What was the most dangerous period in the war for you?” they tend to show an unusual degree of unanimity. It was the time immediately following 13 May, and the first weeks of de Gaulle.
Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 962