title: 6th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion
text: # 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.
  
  