#Simone Segouin

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Simone Segouin Born: 3 October 1925 Died: 21 February 2023 (97years old) Mrs. Segouin, also known as Nicole Minet from Dunkirk in the French Resistance during WWII. Her "AKA" name and where she was from was selected because Dunkirk was one of the earliest bombed areas by the Germans and much of the records there were destroyed making it impossible for the Germans to verify the authenticity of her forged papers. Once asked if she had regrets about fighting the Germans, she replied: "I was fighting for the resistance, that's all. If I had to start over, I would, because I have no regrets. The Germans were our enemies, we were French."

Mrs. Segouin advanced to the rank of Second Lieutenant and in 1946 received the Croix de Guerre for her Service in the Resistance.

After the war she became a pediatric nurse, a profession she would retire from.

On 14 July 2021 she was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour, France's highest order of merit.

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Simone Segouin, mostly known by her codename, Nicole Minet, was only 18-years-old when the Germans invaded. Her first act of rebellion was to steal a bicycle from a German military administration, and to slice the tires of all of the other bikes and motorcycles so they couldn't pursue her. She found a pocket of the Resistance and joined the fight, using the stolen bike to deliver messages between Resistance groups.

She was an extremely fast learner and quickly became an expert at tactics and explosives. She led teams of Resistance fighters to capture German troops, set traps, and sabotage German equipment. As the war dragged on, her deeds escalated to derailing German trains, blocking roads, blowing up bridges and helping to create a German-free path to help the Allied forces retake France from the inside. She was never caught.

Segouin was present at the liberation of Chartres on August 23, 1944, and then the liberation of Paris two days later. She was promoted to lieutenant and awarded several medals, including the Croix de Guerre. After the war, she studied medicine and became a pediatric nurse. She passed away a few months ago at the age of 98. May her memory be for a blessing.

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Simone Segouin lors de la visite du Général de Gaulle à Chartres – 23 août 1944

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Simone Segouin rejoint les Francs-Tireurs et Partisans en 1944 à l'âge de 18 ans sous le pseudonyme de Nicole Minet. Après de nombreuses missions en tant qu'agent de liaison entre Dreux, Chartres et Châteaudun, les FTP lui propose de prendre les armes et devient l'une des rares femmes à prendre part aux combats. Attaques de convois, de trains, de détachements ennemis et opérations de sabotage lui valent le respect au sein de la résistance.

Elle participe activement à la libération de Chartres et s'illustre le 20 août 1944 en prenant part à la capture de 25 allemands à Thivars, à 7 km au sud de Chartres. A cette occasion elle récupère un pistolet mitrailleur MP40 avec lequel elle pose fièrement lors de la venue du Général de Gaulle à Chartres le 23 août pendant sa tournée d'inspection des régions libérées.

A la suite de cette cérémonie, les différents groupes de résistants du département prennent la direction de Paris pour participer aux combats insurrectionnels. La plupart regagnent Paris et font la jonction avec la 2e Division blindée de Leclerc le 25 août à six heures du matin.

C'est la raison pour laquelle, un cliché de Robert Capa présente Simone Segouin aux côtés de deux de ses camarades face aux dernières poches de résistance allemande.

Sa conduite valeureuse dans la clandestinité et son action dans les combats de la Libération lui valurent le grade de sous-lieutenant.

Elle fût décorée de la croix de guerre par Charles Tillon, ministre de l'Armement et ancien chef des FTP le 24 mars 1946 à Chartres.

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Simone Segouin was a French resistance fighter during WWII. She managed to capture 25 Nazis in the Chartres area and killed several others, all before her 20th birthday.

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Paris, 1944 - Simone Segouin

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SIMONE SEGOUIN // RESISTANCE FIGHTER

“She is a former French Resistance fighter who served in the Francs-tireurs et partisans group. Her first mission was to steal a Nazi’s bike, and thereafter went on with her team to derail a train, blow up bridges, arrest 25 Nazis in a single day and liberate France.”

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Mademoiselle Marie has had many incarnations. She first appeared in DC’s Star Spangled War Stories #84 (August 1959), the creation of writer Robert Kanigher and illustrator Jerry Grandenetti. Marie, whose real name was Anais Guillot, was a female French Resistance agent and fighter during World War Two. The character was based on a number of real women members of the Maquis, particularly Simone Segouin. Marie has the distinction of probably being the only major comic book fighting war heroine, and certainly the only one with her own lead story, albeit under the auspices of Star Spangled War Stories. Marie began life as an ordinary Parisian girl, but was driven to join the Resistance at the age of 17, by the depredations of the occupying Nazi German forces, but principally after her Resistance leader father was killed by German troops, dying in Anais’ arms. Anais took the nom de guerre, Marie, and developed into a capable markswoman, spy, saboteur, kidnapper and assassin, and assisted Sergeant Rock in various escapades after D-Day, eventually becoming Rock’s love interest. Distinguished by her knee length skirt, tight yellow sweater and red beret, Marie became a focus of particular hatred on the part of the Germans, who could not abide the thought of being outwitted or outfought by a mere woman.

Anais/Marie eventually falls into the hands of the Germans and is executed. The title Mademoiselle Marie, then becomes an overarching title for a number of female Resistance operatives, thus keeping the legend of Marie alive and frustrating the bemused Nazis. This “collective” of Maries feature in the Checkmate title in the late 1980s - with the Maries apparently existing as far as back as the French Revolution as well as in modern day France as secret service agents.

The original Mademoiselle Marie was perhaps the most straightforward - a rare example of a brave female soldier when women did not fight on the front line. Marie was undoubtedly titillating, but in some respects, given her appearance ahead of the “Second Wave” of feminism, she was genuinely iconic. The complication of her character, as with so many DC heroes following the Infinite Crises, removed the intriguing, if camp, nature of Marie’s first incarnation and her successors were altogether more dark, which is a shame.

The cover featured is from a retro Star Spangled War Stories one-off (#1), featuring Marie, published in November 2010. The story, entitled Vive Libre Ou Mourir!, is by Billy Tucci and illustrated by Justiniano, Tom Derenick and Andrew Magnum.

Sources: Mademoiselle Marie Wikipedia page and Comics Vine website.

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Simone Segouin

Resistance fighter Simone Segouin was born in 1925 in Thivars, France. When the Nazis occupied France, Segouin, at only fourteen, helped her father shelter and feed resistance fighters. She later became more involved with the resistance, delivering messages and weapons by bicycle to members of a partisan network. Segouin received military training and carried out sabotage against German targets. After the war ended, she was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre.

Simone Segouin passed away in 2023 at the age of 97.

Image source: National Archives

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the 1990 unification of Germany, India Arie, the great P.P. Arnold, Dawayne Bailey, John Perry Barlow, Lindsey Buckingham, Ben Cauley (Bar-Kays), Chubby Checker, Eddie Cochran, Stephen Crane’s 1895 novel THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, Frank Hannon (Tesla), Lena Headey, Pamela Hensley, James Herriot, Keb’ Mo’, Ju-hyuk Kim, Josh Klingenhoffer, Ronnie Laws, Tommy Lee, G. Love, Alan O’Day, Steve Reich, Madlyn Rhue, Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys), John Ross a.k.a. Chief Tsan-Usdi, Simone Segouin, Rev. Al Sharpton, Jake Shears, Ashlee Simpson, Shannyn Sossamon, Gwen Stefani, the 1962 stage premiere of STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF, Billy Strings, Steve Tracy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jack Wagner, George Wein, Thomas Wolfe, Allen Woody, and the great, uber-successful, diverse, and prolific British actor Clive Owen. I wrote this tribute song on a whim one day and recorded it to utmost satisfaction with Bret Alexander and Ron Simasek of The Badlees. Fans of early psychedelia (think Yardbirds), spy movie music, and twangy guitars will dig this one. Meanwhile, God bless Clive and his family. Thank you for the quality cinema you’ve given us.

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Après son entrée dans Paris avec les troupes de la 2e Division blindée, Simone Segouin, résistante française dans les Francs-tireurs et partisans (FTP), et deux de ses camarades participent à l'élimination des dernières poches de résistance – Libération de Paris – Opération Overlord – Août 1944

Photos Robert Capa

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Simone Segouin rejoint les Francs-Tireurs et Partisans en 1944 à l'âge de 18 ans sous le pseudonyme de Nicole Minet. Après de nombreuses missions en tant qu'agent de liaison entre Dreux, Chartres et Châteaudun, les FTP lui propose de prendre les armes et devient l'une des rares femmes à prendre part aux combats. Attaques de convois, de trains, de détachements ennemis et opérations de sabotage lui valent le respect au sein de la résistance.

Elle participe activement à la libération de Chartres et s'illustre le 20 août 1944 en prenant part à la capture de 25 allemands à Thivars, à 7 km au sud de Chartres. A cette occasion elle récupère un pistolet mitrailleur MP40 avec lequel elle pose fièrement lors de la venue du Général de Gaulle à Chartres le 23 août pendant sa tournée d'inspection des régions libérées.

A la suite de cette cérémonie, les différents groupes de résistants du département prennent la direction de Paris pour participer aux combats insurrectionnels. La plupart regagnent Paris et font la jonction avec la 2e Division blindée de Leclerc le 25 août à six heures du matin.

C'est la raison pour laquelle, un cliché de Robert Capa présente Simone Segouin aux côtés de deux de ses camarades face aux dernières poches de résistance allemande.

Sa conduite valeureuse dans la clandestinité et son action dans les combats de la Libération lui valurent le grade de sous-lieutenant.

Elle fût décorée de la croix de guerre par Charles Tillon, ministre de l'Armement et ancien chef des FTP le 24 mars 1946 à Chartres.

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A famous photograph of Simone Segouin, also known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet is a former French Resistance fighter who served in the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans group during the Second World War

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Simone Segouin, the 18 year old French Resistance fighter during the liberation of Paris in August 1944. She is still alive today, 95 years old.

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Simone Segouin (1925-2023), a French partisan credited with capturing 25 German Nazis in the Chartres area, poses with an MP 40 submachine gun in 1944 (photo taken in 1944, she was 19 at the time) https://ift.tt/c1Q5vPK https://ift.tt/c1Q5vPK Submitted October 10, 2024 at 09:37AM by TheStonedWiz https://ift.tt/mlktCMx via /r/HistoryPorn