1st Foreign Parachute Regiment

Regiment · France · July 1, 1948 – April 30, 1961

The Foreign Legion paratroop regiment that led the 1961 generals' putsch and was then disbanded.

September 16 – October 18, 1950 Battle of Route Coloniale 4
November 10, 1951 – February 25, 1952 Battle of Hòa Bình
October 29 – November 8, 1952 Operation Lorraine
November 23 – December 2, 1952 Battle of Nà Sản
November 20–22, 1953 Operation Castor
March 13 – May 7, 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu
November 1, 1954 – March 19, 1962 Algerian War of Independence
January 7, 1957 – October 8, 1957 Battle of Algiers (1956–1957) Fights the Battle of Algiers Map
April 28, 1958 – May 3, 1958 Fights ALN crossings near Souk Ahras Map
July 22, 1959 – March 31, 1960 Challe Plan Operation Jumelles in Kabylie Map
April 22, 1961 – April 30, 1961 Seizes Algiers for the putsch; disbanded Map