Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1931 Soglo akazvipira kupinda muuto reFrance. Akarwa muHondo Yenyika II, achishumira muMorocco uye achibatanidzwa mukumhara kweAllies muCorsica, Elba, uye
kumaodzanyemba kweFrance. Akakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wemutungamiriri wehondo, pakapera hondo akaitwa mukuru mukuru weuto reFrance Colonial Army. Muna 1947 akabatanidzwa kuFrench Ministry of Overseasomupi wezano wemauto. Achivimbisa chinzvimbo chemutungamiriri musi wa1 Ndira 1950, akatumirwa kuFrench Indochina uye akarwa muFirst Indochina Hondo. Akapiwa Croix de Guerre muna 1956 nokuda kwebasa rake munguva yehondo. Ari ikoko akasangana nemumwe mukadzi wechiFrench wekuVietnam waakazoroora. Kutevera kukundwa kweFrance muIndochina akapiwa chinzvimbo chevakuru uye chiteshi muSenegal, kwaakagara kusvika 1960. Pashure pokunge Benin yawana rusununguko muna 1960, Soglo akapiwa chinzvimbo checolonel muuto ndokuva mukuru mukuru wehurumende pasi peMutungamiri Hubert Maga.