2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment
Regiment · France · from December 1, 1955 · c. 1,310 strong
The Foreign Legion paratroop regiment that hunted ALN bands in eastern Algeria.
View on map Fought in Lebanese Civil War Wikipedia
Strength and losses
- Nominal Strength: c. 1,310
Movements
- November 1, 1954 – March 19, 1962 Algerian War of Independence
- June 1, 1957 – July 21, 1959 Hunts ALN bands in the Constantinois (approximate) Map
- July 22, 1959 – March 31, 1960 Challe Plan Operation Jumelles in Kabylie Map
- April 27, 1978 Afghan conflict
- June 1978 Shaba II
- August 2, 1990 – January 17, 1991 Operation Desert Shield
- September 11, 2001 War on terror
- October 7, 2001 – December 28, 2014 Operation Enduring Freedom
- January 16, 2012 Mali War
- January 1, 2015 – August 30, 2021 War in Afghanistan (2015–2021)