Simone Segouin
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"Nicole", a French Partisan who captured 25 Nazis in the Chartres area, in addition to liquidating others, poses with a German MP 40 with which she is most proficient.
Simone Segouin, also known by her nom de guerre Nicole Minet (born October 3, 1925 Thivars, Eure-et-Loir), is a former French resistance fighter who served in the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans group.
She was present at the fall of Chartres on August 23, 1944, and the liberation of Paris.[1] She was promoted to lieutenant and awarded the Croix de guerre. A street in Courville-sur-Eure was named for her.[2][3]
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External links
- "La résistance : Simone Segoin". Romain Deshailes. 2009-05-21. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- "La jeune résistante armée de Chartres". Fondation de la Résistance, Frantz Malassis. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
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