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Raoul Salan

1899 - 1984

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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 maintain French Algeria 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. He was the most decorated soldier in the French Army at the end of his military career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raoul Salan is the 731st most popular military personnel (down from 686th in 2019), the 1,974th most popular biography from France (down from 1,852nd in 2019) and the 79th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Raoul Salan ranks 731 out of 2,058. Before him are Hans Langsdorff, Stepa Stepanović, Gordon Gollob, Nobutake Kondō, Seiichi Itō, and Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary. After him are Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Werner Ostendorff, Wei Qing, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, Karl-Adolf Hollidt, and Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Raoul Salan ranks 80. Before him are Aksel Sandemose, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Hans Jeschonnek, Fritz Bayerlein, Hayato Ikeda, and Marcel Achard. After him are Ida Kamińska, Martin Luther King Sr., Lotte Reiniger, Veit Harlan, Adam Rainer, and Nikolay Voronov. Among people deceased in 1984, Raoul Salan ranks 64. Before him are Hans Speidel, Pavel Batitsky, Pierre Gemayel, Chaïm Perelman, Count Basie, and Mark W. Clark. After him are Joseph Losey, George Gaylord Simpson, Marcel Janco, Fikret Amirov, Martin Luther King Sr., and He Zizhen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raoul Salan ranks 1,974 out of 6,770. Before him are Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou (945), Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (1491), Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721), Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853), Louise de Coligny (1555), and André Charles Boulle (1642). After him are Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Louis Camille Maillard (1878), Fredegund (545), Michel Debré (1912), Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911), and Anne Geneviève de Bourbon (1619).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Raoul Salan ranks 79. Before him are Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770), Hubert Lyautey (1854), Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772), Jules Brunet (1838), Billy Mitchell (1879), and Heinz Harmel (1906). After him are Henri Gouraud (1867), Charles Huntziger (1880), Rudolf Schmundt (1896), Hans von Salmuth (1888), Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (1769), and William Iron Arm (1010).

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