Defeated O.A.S. generals adopted elaborate disguises and false identities

Evidence

Under the rather transparent code-name of “Soleil bis”, General Jouhaud took over as Salan’s deputy. Having had the modest sum of 2,000 (old) francs pressed in his hand by Challe, on the night of the surrender Jouhaud had gone into hiding first near Zéralda, then moved steadily westwards. He equipped himself with false papers as “Louis Gerbert, born in Algiers, married in Bône and a widower”, shaved his head, grew a bushy moustache, dyed it black, and donned spectacles. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1462

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Exiled O.A.S. officers quietly built new lives while nursing old attachments — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1667

Broader Connections