The Generals of WWII
Generals from France
Salan, Raoul-Albert-Louis
General
* 10th of June 1899
† 3rd of July 1984
Promotions
| 1941-06-24 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-06-25 | Colonel |
| 1944-12-25 | Brigadier-General |
| 1947-09-01 | Major-General |
| 1951-09-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1956-11-12 | General |
Service
| 1941-09-24 | – | 1943-08-31 | Head of 2nd Bureau French West Africa |
| 1943-08-31 | – | 1944-05-30 | Head of 2nd Bureau North Africa |
| 1944-05-30 | – | 1944-12-25 | Commanding Officer 6th Senegalese Regiment |
| 1944-12-25 | – | 1945-02-20 | Commanding Officer Infantry 9th Colonial Division |
| 1945-02-20 | – | 1945-10-29 | General Officer Commanding 14th Division |
| 1945-10-29 | – | 1946-04-01 | General Officer Commanding French Forces in Tonkin & China |
| 1947-05-25 | – | 1948-02-10 | General Officer Commanding Northern Indochina |
| 1948-02-10 | – | 1948-06-10 | Commander in Chief Far East Land Forces |
| 1949-09-01 | – | 1950-12-11 | Director of Colonial Troops, Ministry of National Defence |
| 1950-12-14 | – | 1950-12-29 | Commander in Chief Far East Land Forces |
| 1950-12-29 | – | 1951-02-10 | General Officer Commanding Tonkin Operational Zone |
| 1950-12-29 | – | 1951-02-10 | Temporary High Commissioner of North Vietnam |
| 1951-02-10 | – | 1951-08-01 | Assistant High Commissioner of Indochina |
| 1951-08-01 | – | 1951-09-01 | Commissioner of South Vietnam |
| 1952-04-09 | – | 1953-05-28 | Commander in Chief Indochina |
| 1954-01-01 | – | 1954-06-08 | Inspector-General for the Defence |
| 1954-06-08 | – | 1954-10-27 | Assistant Commander in Chief Indochina |
| 1955-01-12 | – | 1956-11-12 | Member of the Supreme War Council |
| 1956-06-06 | – | 1958-12-19 | General Officer Commander in Chief Algeria |
| 1958-12-19 | – | 1959-02-07 | Inspector-General for National Defence |
| 1959-02-07 | – | 1960-06-10 | Military-Governor of Paris |
| 1960-06-10 | Retired | ||
| 1961-04-21 | – | 1961-04-26 | Led a Mutiny in Algeria |
| 1961-04-26 | – | 1962-04-20 | Head of the OAS |
| 1962-XX-XX | Condemned to death as traitor in absentia | ||
| 1962-04-20 | Arrested | ||
| 1962-05-23 | Sentenced changed life imprisonment | ||
| 1968-06-15 | Released |
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