The 1st Airborne Shock Infantry Regiment (''french: 1er régiment d'infanterie de choc aéroporté'', '), then named the 1st Shock Regiment (''french: 1er régiment de choc''), is a former parachute unit of the
French Army
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other components of the Armed Force ...
, created on 1 October 1945 and dissolved on 1 February 1947.
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Since 1 January 1964 the
National Commando Training Center
The National Centre for Commando Training, (french: Centre national d'entraînement commando, ) is a located in Mont-Louis and Collioure in the Pyrenees-Orientales department, and is part of the .
History
Created on the 1st January 1964, as a d ...
has been entrusted with the Colour of the 1st Airborne Shock Infantry Regiment, which has the following
battle honours
A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags ("colours"), uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible.
In European military t ...
sewn in gold letters:
[Order concerning the attribution of registration on the flags and banners of the formations of armies and services, 19 November 2004 (A)NORDEF0452926A Michèle Alliot-Marie.]
*Corsica 1943
*Elba Island 1944
*Cape Negro - Toulon 1944
*Upper Alsace 1944-1945
*Indochina 1947-1948 1951-1954
*AFN 1952–1962.
See also
*
List of French paratrooper units
The history of French airborne units began in the Interwar period when the French Armed Forces formed specialized paratroopers units. First formed in the French Air Force, they were rapidly integrated into the French Army, French Navy, Natio ...
References
Bibliography
*Collectif, Histoire des parachutistes français Tomes 1 et 2, éditions Société de production littéraire, 1975.
*Jacques Sicard, Militaria Magazine no 313, p. 20-25.
Parachute infantry regiments of France
Military units and formations established in 1945
20th-century regiments of France
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