The 3rd Vietnamese Parachute Battalion ( Fr: ''3e bataillon de parachutistes vietnamiens'', 3 BPVN) was a French-

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paratroop A paratrooper is a military parachutist—someone trained to parachute into a military operation, and usually functioning as part of an airborne force. Military parachutists (troops) and parachutes were first used on a large scale during World ...

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formed in

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French Indochina French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China),; vi, Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, , lit. 'East Ocean under French Control; km, ឥណ្ឌូចិនបារាំង, ; th, อินโดจีนฝรั่งเศส, ...

in 1952.

Operational history

The battalion was one of five battalions of Vietnamese paratroopers raised by the French Army between 1951 and 1957 as part of General

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny (2 February 1889 – 11 January 1952) was a French général d'armée during World War II and the First Indochina War. He was posthumously elevated to the dignity of Marshal of France in 1952. As ...

's policy to establish a Vietnamese Army. The cadre for the battalion came from the 10th Colonial Parachute Battalion (10 BCCP). The battalion participated in Operation Mimosa (May 1953), Operation Camargue (July 1953), Operation Concarneau (August 1953), Operation Lamballe (August 1953), Operation Mont St Michel (August 1953), Operation Flandre (September 1953) and Operation Eglantine (June 1954).

Commanding officers

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Monteil (September 1952) - June 1953) * Chef de bataillon Mollo (June 1953)

References

*Multiple authors, ''Histoire des parachutistes français'', Société de Production Littéraire, 1975. {{DEFAULTSORT:3rd Vietnamese Parachute Battalion Military units and formations of the First Indochina War 3V

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