1st régiment étranger de parachutistes
The 1er régiment étranger de parachutistes ( 1er REP ) (1st alien regiment of paratroopers) was an airborne regiment of the French Foreign Legion . It existed from 1948 to 1961.
history
The regiment was set up as a battalion near Sidi Bel Abbès in Algeria in 1948 . The association fought in the Indochina War and the Algerian War . In 1955 the association was expanded into a regiment .
During the Algerian War , the unit stationed in Algeria took part in the coup against Charles de Gaulle on the orders of its officers in 1961 and was disbanded after the crackdown. At the time of the coup, the regiment was provisionally commanded by Commandant Hélie Denoix de Saint-Marc, since the actual commander, Lieutenant Colonel Guiraud, was in France for recreation.
Some members of the association deserted and joined the OAS .
Commanders
battalion
- Commandant Pierre Segrétain (1948–1950)
- Commandant Darmuzai (1950–1952)
- Commandant Brothier (1952-1953)
- Commandant Guiraud (1953-1954)
- Capitaine Germain (July – October 1954)
- Commandant Pierre Jeanpierre (1954–1955)
regiment
- Commandant Jeanpierre (1955-1956)
- Lieutenant Colonel Brothier (1956–1957)
- Lieutenant Colonel Jeanpierre (1957-1958)
- Lieutenant Colonel Brothier (1958-1959)
- Lieutenant Colonel Dufour (1959-1960)
- Lieutenant Colonel Guiraud (1960–1961)
- Commandant de Saint Marc (1961, interim)
Well-known alumni
- Jean-Marie Le Pen , later politician
- Albert Dovecar , OAS terrorist
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tramor Quemeneur: La Discipline Jusqu'au L'Indiscipline in Mohammed Harbi, Benjamin Stora (ed.): La guerre d'Algérie , Paris, 2004, p. 256f