6th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion
# 6th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion

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.

