| 词条 | Amédée Maingard |
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Amédée Maingard (21 October 1918 - 1981) was born in Mauritius, then a British colony. During the Second World War, he served with distinction with the British special services supporting the French resistance, and was awarded medals by the British and French governments. After the war he returned to Mauritius and became a successful businessman. Wartime careerRené Amédée Louis Pierre Maingard de la Ville-ès-Offrans was studying in London in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War and volunteered for the British Army.[1] After an unrewarding period in the infantry, Maingard managed to join the Special Operations Executive F section in 1942. He was parachuted into occupied France in April 1943 to join the 'Stationer' circuit run by Squadron Leader Maurice Southgate, initially as radio operator but soon was second-in-command in the circuit, arranging the delivery of weapons, supplies and personnel to the maquisards of the French Resistance. Southgate was arrested by the Gestapo in May 1944 and sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp. Promoted to major, he took over the running of the circuit (renamed 'Shipwright') and expanded its size and scope of operations, operating between Poitiers and Montluçon. The circuit was especially active in the sabotage that took place on and after D-Day (6 June 1944), supporting the Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur and the arrival of fifty-five men of 1st SAS Regiment for the ill-fated Operation Bulbasket[2] shortly after D-Day. He continued his vital work until the liberation of central France, managing to keep the peace among the Gaullists, Communists, British and Americans fighting for the French common cause. He earned the Croix de Guerre from the French government in 1944 and the Distinguished Service Order from the British government in June 1945.[3] Later careerMaingard returned to Mauritius and helped develop the island's tourism industry, founding Air Mauritius in 1967.[4] He became one of his country's most successful post-war businessmen.{{cn|date=October 2017}} Maingard died in 1981 at the age of 62, just before a boom in the tourist industry that he had helped establish. Notes1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PageNotFound/PageNotFound.aspx?url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/releases/2003/may12/selectedagents.htm|title=Page Not Found - The National Archives|publisher=}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Maingard, Amedee}}2. ^Paul McCue, SAS Operation Bulbasket, Pen & Sword Military (1997) {{ISBN|978-0-85052-534-2}} - Roger Ford, Fire from the Forest: The SAS Brigade in France, 1944, Cassell Military Paperbacks (2004) {{ISBN|978-0-304-36336-0}} 3. ^Paul McCue, Behind Enemy Lines with the SAS: The Story of Amedee Maingard, SOE Agent, Pen & Sword Military (2007) {{ISBN|978-1-84415-618-4}} 4. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.ide.go.jp/English/Data/Africa_file/Company/mauritius01.html |title=Air Mauritius Ltd. - Company Profile and History |work=IDE-JETRO |year=2011 |accessdate=15 April 2013}} 5 : 1981 deaths|Special Operations Executive personnel|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|French military personnel|1918 births |
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