Organisation armée secrète
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The Organisation armée secrète was a far-right dissident French paramilitary organisation during the Algerian War, founded in 1961 by Raoul Salan, Pierre Lagaillarde and Jean-Jacques Susini. The terro
Explosion of an OAS bomb in the Bab El Oued district (January 1962)
Raoul Salan
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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
Organisation armée secrète
…armée secrète (OAS, "Secret Army Organisation") was a far-right dissident French paramilitary organisation during the Algerian War, founded in 1961 by Raoul Salan, Pierre Lagaillarde and Jean-Jacques Susini. The terrorist movement was particularly active in the final phase of the Algerian War and wanted to prevent…
Salan in 1958
Salan parading on the Champs-Élysées at the head of the 14th Infantry Division, 18 June 1945.
Salan's grave
Ribbon bar featuring all decorations received by Salan