1st Vietnamese Parachute Battalion
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The 1st Vietnamese Parachute Battalion (Fr: 1er bataillon de parachutistes vietnamiens) was a French-Vietnamese paratroop battalion formed in Saigon, French Indochina in 1951.
Operational history[]
The 1st Vietnamese Parachute Battalion (5 BPVN) 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's policy to establish a Vietnamese Army. Its cadre was drawn from volunteers from 1st Guards Company and from 1st Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion (1 BCCP).
See also[]
Categories:
- Parachute infantry battalions of France
- Military units and formations of the First Indochina War
- Expatriate units and formations
- Military units and formations established in 1951
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1957
- 1951 establishments in French Indochina
- 1951 establishments in Vietnam
- 1957 disestablishments in France