Raoul Salan

Raoul Salan
Raoul Salan
Birth name	Raoul Albin Louis Salan
Born	10 June 1899; Roquecourbe, France
Died	3 July 1984 (aged 85); Paris, France
Allegiance	France; Organisation armée secrète
Service/branch	French Army
Years of service	1917–1959
Rank	Général d'Armée
Commands held	6th Senegalese Tirailleur Regiment; 14th Infantry Division; French Far East Expeditionary Corps; French forces in Algeria
Battles/wars	World War I; World War II; First Indochina War; Algerian War Algiers putsch of 1961;
Awards	Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
Other work	Leader of the OAS

Raoul Albin Louis Salan (French pronunciation: [ʁaul salɑ̃]; 10 June 1899 – 3 July 1984) was a French Army general and the founder of the Organisation armée secrète, a clandestine terrorist organisation that sought to defend the French colonial empire by preventing Algerian independence. He served as the fourth French commanding general during the First Indochina War. He was one of four retired generals who organized the 1961 Algiers Putsch operation.^[1] He was the most decorated soldier in the French Army at the end of his military career.^[2]

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^ Krebs, Albin (1984-07-04). "RAOUL SALAN DIES; LED ALGERIA PLOT". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-23.