6th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion
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The 6th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion (Fr: 6e bataillon de parachutistes vietnamiens) was a French-Vietnamese paratroop battalion formed in French Indochina in 1954.
Operational history
The 6th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion (6 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.
Commanding officers
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See also
Categories:
- Military units and formations of the First Indochina War
- Parachute regiments of France
- Paratroopers
- Defunct airborne units and formations of France
- Military units and formations established in 1954
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1957
- 1954 establishments in Vietnam
- 1954 establishments in France
- 1957 disestablishments in France