<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1958_crisis" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="May 1958 crisis">May 1958 crisis</a>: A group of French military officers lead a coup in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Algiers">Algiers</a> demanding that a government of national unity be formed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles de Gaulle">Charles de Gaulle</a> at its head in order to defend <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Algeria" id="mw3A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Algeria">French control of Algeria</a>.