Polingac's Invasion of Algiers

In 18 27, the day deliberately insulted the french consul resident in algiers. In response, king charles ordered a naval blockade of the city. The blockade turned out to be as expensive as it was pointless. Most people were looking for a way to honorably break off the two year old blockade. But polingac said what if we went the other way? Rather than pulling back, what if we really leaned into it? Now no senior commander in either the army or the navy liked the idea of invading algeria. So this was the atmosphere into which the chambers finally reconvened after a seven month hiatus on march second, 18 30. Nearly every one predicted it