Biography
Raoul Albin Louis Salan was a French Army general and the founder of the Organisation armée secrète, a clandestine terrorist organisation that sought to maintain French Algeria by preventing Algerian independence. He served as the fourth French commanding general during the First Indochina War.
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TV Shows 1
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Self - French Military Officer (archive footage)
At War for Algeria (2022)
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Self (archive footage)
1958: Those Who Said No (2018)
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GenderMale
Birthday1899-06-10
Deathday1984-07-03 (85 years old)
Birth NameRaoul Albin Louis Salan
Birth PlaceRoquecourbe, France
ChildrenDominique Salan
FatherLouis Salan
SiblingsGeorges Salan
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsGrand Cross of the Order of Wissam El Alaouite, Grand Cordon of the order of Nichan Iftikhar, Grand cross of the Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol, Grand cross of the Order of the Dragon of Annam, Grand cross of the Order of the Black Star, Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Cambodia, Officer of the Royal Order of Cambodia, Croix du combattant volontaire 1914-1918, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Médaille commémorative de Syrie-Cilicie, Insignia for the Military Wounded, Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol, Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures, Croix du combattant, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Médaille Interalliée 1914–1918, North Africa Security and Order Operations Commemorative Medal, Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1939–1945, Indochina Campaign commemorative medal, Croix de guerre 1914–1918, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Gallantry Cross, Victory Medal, Colonial Medal, Médaille de l'Aéronautique, Médaille militaire, Order of the Francisque, Order of Glory, Cross for Military Valour, Croix de Guerre, Distinguished Service Cross, 1943–1944 Italian campaign medal, Order of the Star of Anjouan, Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1914–1918
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