WI Nicolas Sarkozy's father fought in the Indochinese War?

Thande

Donor
OTL, Nicolas Sarkozy's father, Pál Sárközy, fled Hungary in the late 40s, came to French-occupied Baden, and enlisted in the French Foreign Legion. In 1948 he was scheduled to be sent to fight in the Indochinese War, but apparently his army doctor was also Hungarian and gave him a medical discharge, thus meaning he could remain in France after completing his tour of duty in Algeria.

So what if Sárközy is unable to get out of it and does fight in Indochina?

This probably butterflies OTL's Nicolas Sarkozy out of existence, as Sárközy hadn't met his mother yet, but if he does have a son who grows up to be an ambitious French politician, how does this military background affect his views?
 

Hendryk

Banned
if he does have a son who grows up to be an ambitious French politician, how does this military background affect his views?
I'm not sure it would be a factor either way. The existence or not of a military background is, I think, overrated in political figures. For example, few people are aware that Chirac, who was reviled as a spineless appeaser by American neocons, was a veteran of the Algerian War, meaning that unlike a certain other head of state he had personal experience of what counterinsurgency in an Arab country is really like--but I digress.

What would be interesting is having Sarkozy Sr. meet a local girl in Indochina and bring her home--that sure would make sarkozy Jr. a more interesting figure ;)
 
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