Operation Resurrection

Operation Resurrection was a planned military operation of the

A decade later, the ensuing political conflicts of the French Fourth Republic, aggravated by the outbreak of the Algerian War and economic discontent, led to popular revolts against the government, which was headed by fractious political parties. The government's policy on Algeria angered the millions of French settlers, army officers and right-wing politicians in France. French Army generals in both Paris and Algiers began exerting pressure on French politicians to return de Gaulle to a position of power.

Planned operation

Revolts and riots broke out in 1958 against the French government in

On 24 May, French paratroopers from the Algerian corps landed on Corsica and took the French island in a bloodless action, Opération Corse.^[1][2] Operation Resurrection would be implemented if de Gaulle was not approved as leader by the French Parliament, if he asked for military assistance to take power, or if any organised attempt by the French Communist Party to seize power or to stall his return needed to be thwarted.

Aftermath

On 29 May 1958, French politicians agreed upon calling on de Gaulle to take over the government as prime minister. The French Army's willingness to support an overthrow of the constitutional government was a significant development in French politics. With Army support, de Gaulle's government terminated the Fourth Republic and drew up a new constitution proclaiming the French Fifth Republic in 1958.

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