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I suppose I'm far to young to have even heard of this but I was digging through wiki and found it, really intersting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers_putsch_of_1958

Basically it was a French Semi-coup in 58' that stemmed from France's plan to leave Algeria. If De Gaulle wasn't put into power the army (which had taken over Algeria and Corsica) would parachute into Paris and install a new government.

Of course De Gaulle ended up taking power and the Fifth Republic was formed peacefully. My question to you is, what happens if De Gaulle refuses or Parliament (or whatever the French have) doesn't approve.

Does operation resurrection go through as planned? Is it successful? How does the world react and what butterflies result with French paratroppers dropping on Paris?
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