explains a simple, quick, and effective way to base troops for Flames of War.
The Story of Amédée Maingard, SOE Agent
By Paul McCue
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
Pages: 210
ISBN: 9781526756657
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 year's clandestine work, he narrowly escaped the fate of his organizer, who was captured by the Germans in May 1944. Undeterred, Maingard developed his own Shipwright circuit in time to support the Forces Franaises de l'Intrieure (FFI) and the arrival of 55 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 on to 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 island's tourism and hotel industry. Founder and first Chairman of Air Mauritius, he became one of his country's 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 Maingard's biographer for making this remarkable man's achievements in peace and war better known.
