The blooding of the spears for Roger Faulques started in 1944. Then, as a French national in German-occupied France, he became one of the 1% of the Maquis Resistance, who actively opposed the Reich occupation. 

By 1944, it was all over for the Reich. Faced with fighting the combined armed forces of the British, American and Soviet empires, defeat could only be postponed as German peace offers were made and as swiftly rejected by the Allies

In France, 1945 was a time for settling old scores and a political excuse or criminal opportunity to terrorise without accountability. It is for others to work out why those opposed to German occupation go on to far more forcefully and brutally occupy the nations of others.

So, it was with Frenchman Roger Faulques, who was drafted into France’s post-war regular army.

As a volunteer, Roger Faulques was deployed to French Indochina. The former freedom fighter was to prove his unstinting belief in France uber Alles. 

An experienced and hardened soldier by his early twenties, Faulques was to deservedly earn the Knight of the Legion of Honour. This was added to the five commendations he had already earned.

Roger Faulques was badly wounded and taken into captivity by the Viet Minh.  Only when their captive was close to the point of death was he returned by his captors to his French compatriots.

Being then of little use in the theatre of war, Roger Faulques was repatriated to his homeland, but Faulques was back in Indo-China by 1953.

He was later deployed to Algeria as France’s North African colony was then going through its metamorphosis to independence.

The frightful, almost satanic reputation of Roger Faulques remained undiminished. Fighting fire with fire, he became better at partisan warfare than were the Algerian partisans themselves.

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Such was his fearlessness that the French legionnaire was to become commander of a company in the 1^st Foreign Parachute Battalion.

During the extremely brutal Battle of Algiers that in 1957 exploded across the world’s front pages, Faulques made a deep impression on Algerians fighting for independence. 

You could say the impressions were shell-hole-sized as the artillery officer inflicted appalling damage on the opposing forces.

When, in December 1960, Moise Tshombe separated Katanga Province from the newly independent Republic of Congo, it was time for Roger Faulques to move on from Algeria. 

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Recruited by the new Katanga President Tshombe, the hard-bitten French fighter changed the colour of his flag. One year after the former retailer had enthroned himself, UN troops attacked breakaway Katanga.

By the time the United Nations acted, the Katanga defence plan had been prepared by the ever-vigilant and resourceful Faulques.

Soon afterwards, the UN began its campaign to oust President Tshombe’s forces by using artillery fire from the ground and attacks from the air.

Despite their being heavily outnumbered, the far fewer soldiers of fortune fought well. The action was followed by a mutually agreed ceasefire on December 21. Having acquitted his mercenary forces well, it was time for the French fighter to once again move on.

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In 1963, the British Secret Service found there was work to do in Yemen. Diplomatic discretion suggested that deployment of conventional forces might not be quite in keeping with the requirements of Britain’s public relations department.

Roger Faulques was given command of the rear base in what was known as The Yemen Operation. Obviously well-connected and with an experience few could match, the French officer was hired to do a little recruiting.

Meanwhile, in faraway Nigeria, the eastern Nigerian province of Biafra had followed the earlier example set by Moise Tshombe.

It is thought that Faulques and co-national Colonel Bob Denard fell short of being comradely, and Faulques made a strategic retreat to his homeland. 

In France, the legendary Roger Faulques is a soldier who bestows upon the nation a great deal of national pride. 

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