raoul- albin-louis salan

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Raoul -Albin-Louis Salan

born June 10, 1899, Roquecourbe, France died July 3, 1984, Paris French military officer who sought to prevent Algerian independence. During a military career in which he became the French army's most decorated soldier, he served in France during World War I (1914-18), French West Africa (1941-44), French Indochina (1945-53), and Algeria (1956-62). Rebelling against Charles de Gaulle's decision to free Algeria, in 1961 he formed a right-wing extremist group, the Secret Army Organization, which terrorized France and Algeria. He was captured in 1962 and tried for treason