| 词条 | Georges Bergé |
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|name= Georges Bergé |birth_date= {{Birth-date|3 January 1909}} |death_date= {{Death-date and age|15 September 1997|3 January 1909}} |birth_place=Belmont, Gers, France |death_place=Mimizan, France |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|Free France}} {{flag|France}} |branch=French Airborne |serviceyears=1929–1930 1933–1962 |rank=Brigadier general (1961) |commands=1ère Compagnie de Chasseurs Parachutistes (1e CCP) French Squadron SAS 14e Régiment d'infanterie parachutiste de Choc (RIPC) |battles=World War II Suez Crisis Algerian War |awards=Commander of the Légion d'honneur Companion of the Liberation Grand Officier of the National Order of Merit Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 Croix de la Valeur militaire Officer of the Order of the British Empire (UK) Military Cross (UK) Commander of the Order of George I (GR) |relations= |laterwork= }} Georges Roger Pierre Bergé (3 January 1909 – 15 September 1997) was a French Army general who served during World War II. He enlisted in the Free French Forces, where he took command of the 1re compagnie de chasseurs parachutistes (1st Parachute Chaser Company). He is mentioned by David Stirling as one of the co-founders of the Special Air Service (SAS). In Great-Britain and Egypt, he organised the training for Allied agents sent to France and led the first airborne mission in occupied France, named Operation Savannah. He fought in Syria and Crete. After his capture by the Germans he was imprisoned in Colditz Castle. BiographyYouthGeorges Bergé was born ion January 1909 in Belmont, in the Gers département, France. He is drafted in 1929, and incorporated in the 24th infantry regiment in Mont-de-Marsan, where he is trained as a reserve officer. In April 1930, he is demobilised as a second lieutenant. In 1933, he eventually choose military career and integrate l'école de l'Infanterie et des Chars (Infantry and tanks school) in Saint-Maixent. He is made a lieutenant in 1934. Second World War1940
17th. While visiting his parents in Mimizan, Landes, he hears marshal Pétain's radiodiffused speech. 21st. Refusing the armistice, Georges Bergé embarks on a polish boat in Saint-Jean-de-Luz and sails for England. 24th. Joining the Free French forces in London, he meets general Charles de Gaulle at Saint Stephen's House and suggests him to form an airborne battalion.
1941
15th. He is parachuted in France as leader of the first Free French mission in occupied France, Operation Savannah, planned by the SOE. 22nd. He joins Mimizan and contacts friends to form a resistance network.
1942
His unit is tasked to attack enemy airfields in the mediterranean zone. Bergé chooses Heraklion airfield, Crete. With a group of four men, he manages to destroy 20 enemy planes. 19th. He is captured at the conclusion of his mission. He is imprisoned in XC Oflag in Lübeck, from which he tries to escape in vain. 1943
1945
Post warLieutenant-colonel Bergé is successively allocated to the Parachute inspection administration, to the military cabinet of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, to the National Defense' staff. He is then the military attaché for the French ambassy in Rome.
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