Henri Maillot

Henri Maillot was a European Algerian born in Algiers and active in the Algerian Communist Party. Conscripted as an officer aspirant into the 57th Infantry Regiment of the French Army, he refused to serve as an instrument of colonial oppression against his fellow countrymen.

On April 4, 1956, Maillot executed an audacious operation, diverting a military truck loaded with 120 machine guns, rifles, and pistols into the hands of the Algerian resistance. Joining the maquis of the Combattants de la Libération in the Chélif valley, he fought until his position was betrayed on June 5, 1956, falling in combat alongside Maurice Laban.