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Behind Enemy Lines With the SAS - The Story of Amedee Maingard, SOE Agent (Paperback)
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Behind Enemy Lines With the SAS - The Story of Amedee Maingard, SOE Agent (Paperback)
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Amde Maingard was a young Mauritian studying in London in 1939 who
volunteered for the British Army. After a frustrating spell in the
infantry, Maingard joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE),
He parachuted into occupied France in 1943 to join the Stationer
circuit, initially as radio operator but soon was second-in-command
in the circuit, arranging the delivery of weapons, supplies and
personnel to the Resistance. After a years clandestine work, he
narrowly escaped the fate of his organiser who was, captured by the
Germans in May 1944\. Undeterred, Maingard developed his own
Shipwright circuit in time to support the Forces Franaises de
lIntrieure (FFI) and the arrival of fifty-five men of 1st SAS
Regiment for the ill-fated Operation BULBASKET shortly after D-Day.
Somehow managing to keep the peace among the Gaullists, communists,
British and Americans fighting for the French common cause,
Maingard continued his vital work until the liberation of central
France, earning recognition from both the British and French
governments. He went onto play a leading role in Mauritius. Behind
Enemy Lines With the SAS is more than a story of great bravery and
dedication to duty in wartime. Maingard returned to Mauritius and
was instrumental in developing the islands tourism and hotel
industry. Founder and first Chairman of Air Mauritius, he became
one of his countrys most successful post-war businessmen before
illness cut short his ambition and he died in 1981 at the age of
62. Readers will be grateful to Amde Maingards biographer for
making this remarkable mans achievements in peace and war better
known.
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