Raoul Salan

Born: 1899-06-10 in Roquecourbe, France

Died: 1984-07-03

Known For: Acting

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.