Simone Segouin

"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]

References

  1. ↑ Jack Belden (September 4, 1944). "The Girl Partisan of Chartres". Life.
  2. ↑ http://www.courville-sur-eure.fr/uploadcm/PV%2012.07.2011.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3215423/The-hotpants-hotshot-Formidable-derring-Nazi-hunting-gun-toting-teen-pin-French-Resistance.html

External links

External images
Simone Segouin, French female partisan/resistance fighter, World War 2
French Resistance fighters, Paris 1944
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