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Jul 05, 1932 Dole, Bourgogne Franche Comté, France Died on 26 Sep 1979 (aged 47)
French Army officer
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About Philippe Erulin
- Philippe Louis Edmé Marie François Erulin (5 July 1932, Dole, Jura – 26 September 1979) was a senior officer in the French Army.
- He came from a family of renowned officers and military traditions. He is best known as the Colonel Commandant of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP, who directed the military intervention in Zaïre against the Katanga rebels responsible for several massacres.
- It was the success in the Battle of Kolwezi which resulted in the liberation of the majority of the Katanga rebels' hostages.
- However, Erulin was later accused of having used torture during the Algeria War; an accusation that remains unsubstantiated and controversial.
