Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1931 ka uru a Soglo ki te ope taua French. I whawhai ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i mahi i Morocco, i uru ki nga whakaekenga a nga Allies i Corsica, Elba, me
te tonga o Wīwī. I whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te rangatira, i te mutunga o te pakanga i hangaia ia hei kaitohutohu mo te French Colonial Army. I te tau 1947 i whakauruhia ia ki te Manatū o te Moana-nui o Wīwī hei kaitohutohu hōia. I te 1 o Hanuere 1950, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te rangatira rangatira, ka tukuna ia ki French Indochina ka whawhai ki te Pakanga Indochina Tuatahi. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te Croix de Guerre i te tau 1956 mo tana mahi i te pakanga. I reira i tutaki ai ia ki tetahi wahine French-Vietnamese i marenatia e ia i muri mai. Whai muri i te hinganga o Parani i Indochina i whakawhiwhia ia ki te taumata o te rangatira me te turanga i Senegal, i noho ai ia tae noa ki te 1960. Whai muri i te whakatutukitanga o Benin i te mana motuhake i te tau 1960, i whakawhiwhia a Soglo ki te taumata o te koronel i roto i te ope taua, a ka noho ko ia te rangatira o nga kaimahi i raro i te Perehitini Hubert Maga.