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The 2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment (French: 2 e Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes) or 2 e RCP, is one of the most decorated French units of the Second World War, the only land unit awarded the red fourragère in that war, including six citations at the orders of the armed forces. [1]
Just like the paratrooper Brevet of the French Army, the insignia of French Paratroopers was created in 1946. The French Army Insignia of metropolitan Paratroopers represents a closed "winged armed dextrochere", meaning a "right winged arm" armed with a sword pointing upwards. The Insignia makes reference to the Patron of Paratroopers.
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 , National Gendarmerie and from the British Armed Forces .
The two French SAS regiments were then engaged in The Netherlands in Operation Amherst. The 696 SAS operators were parachuted on 19 different Landing Zones between Ommen and Groningen . [ 11 ] They preceded the 2nd Canadian Corps while sowing confusion, preventing the opposition from establishing defensive lines and also preserving the status ...
Heirs to the Free French paratroopers of the 3rd and 4th squadrons of the Special Air Service (SAS) founded in the United Kingdom during WWII, the 1er RPIMa is sometimes referred to as the "French SAS" and still uses the same motto as their British counterparts to this day: Qui ose gagne (French for "Who Dares Wins").
André Louis Arthur Zirnheld (March 7, 1913 – July 27, 1942) was a French paratrooper, a member of the Free French Air Force, and a member of the French Squadron, Special Air Service during World War II.
Pages in category "French military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 323 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jerome Preisler wrote an account of the Bastogne jump in his history of the World War II pathfinders, First to Jump; How the Band of Brothers was Aided by the Brave Paratroopers of the Pathfinder Company, in 2014. The Filthy Thirteen has been translated into French, Swedish and Spanish.