Junior O.A.S. officer Degueldre was executed while senior leaders were spared.

Evidence

But, as a junior officer unsupported by the galaxy that had come forth to testify for Salan, Lieutenant Roger Degueldre was to bear the full brunt of the law. On 28 June, at the sinister Château de Vincennes, where Napoleon had the Duc d’Enghien executed, the leader of the Delta killer commandos was sentenced to death. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1644

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Degueldre was the O.A.S.’s ruthless chief of action — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1465; Salan escaped execution as courts showed leniency to O.A.S. leaders. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1643