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The 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion (French: 2 e Bataillon Étranger de Parachutistes, 2 e B.E.P) was a parachute battalion of the Foreign Legion in the French Army initially composed of volunteers of the 4th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (4 e D.B.L.E).
Returned to Algeria, the 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion (2 e B.E.P) became the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment on December 1, 1955. [14] The insignia of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion was created in 1949, in Cambodia. The battalion insignia represents an Eastern winged Dragon making reference to the original implementation in Asia. [16]
2nd Parachute Shock Battalion 2e bataillon parachutiste de choc (2 e BPC - dissolved). 1st Shock Parachute Infantry Regiment 1er régiment d'infanterie de choc aéroporté (1 er RICAP - dissolved). 11th Shock Parachute Regiment 11e régiment parachutiste de choc (11 e BPC, 11 e DBPC and 11 e RPC - dissolved).
2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment – successive appellations and designations, 2 e BEP (1948) and 2 e REP (1955) – 9 October 1948. 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment – successive appellations and designations, 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion (3 e BEP – 1949 and 3 e REP – 1955) – November 1949; Foreign Air Supply Company (CERA) – 1 January ...
2nd Company/822nd Signals Battalion (2/822 BT) – 2nd Company/823rd Signals Battalion (2/823 BT) – 342nd Parachute Signals Company (342 CPT) – 2nd Platoon/5th Foreign Legion Medium Repair Company (2/5 CRMLE) Lieutenant Bugeat 3rd Ammunition Resupply Company (detachment) (3 CM) Sous Lieutenant Léonard 730th Fuel Resupply Company ...
Jean-Louis Brette (23 June 1929 – 20 November 2018) was a Général de corps d'armée of the French Army, who served in the French Foreign Legion and was the regimental commander of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2 e REP in 1974. [1] [2]
Bernard Janvier (born 16 July 1939) is a former general of the French Army who served in the French Foreign Legion, primarily spearheading and putting in place effective resolving forces. Janvier first took part in the Algerian War. He then spearheaded at the head of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2 e REP in a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.
The battalion took part in its first active operation over the night of 27–28 February 1942, Operation Biting, the raid on Bruneval in France. [3] In honour of the operation, C Company of the battalion took the nickname 'C (Bruneval) Company'. [4] On 1 August of the same year, the battalion was renamed the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute ...