Charles Lacheroy
Charles Lacheroy | |
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Born | 22 August 1906 Chalon-sur-Saône, France |
Died | 25 January 2005 Aix-en-Provence, France | (aged 98)
Allegiance | France |
Service/ | French Army |
Years of service | 1927–1960 |
Rank | Colonel |
Battles/wars | World War II First Indochina War Algerian War |
Other work | OAS leader |
Charles Lacheroy (22 August 1906 – 25 January 2005) was a French Army officer, theorist of counterinsurgency warfare, and member of the Organisation armée secrète.
Biography
Lacheroy was born to a military family. His father was a decorated infantry second lieutenant (
Lacheroy chose the
In 1951, he was sent to
In 1958, Lacheroy was dismissed by Jacques Chaban-Delmas and sent to the Constantine Province. On 13 May, he was made director of information and psychological action services in Algiers. In December, he gave conferences at the École supérieure de guerre, and later made director of the École supérieure des officiers de réserve spécialistes d'état-major.
In the early 1960s, Lacheroy resigned his commission to organise a coup d'état against President Charles de Gaulle. For seven years, he lived underground, along with Antoine Argoud, Pierre Lagaillarde and Jo Ortiz, and directed the OAS. He was sentenced to death in absentia in April 1961. Lacheroy was amnestied in 1968. He returned to Paris, where he retired. Charles Lacheroy died on 25 January 2005 in Aix-en-Provence.
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