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French Paratroops in France '40 Gold?
12-29-2018, 12:53 PM,
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French Paratroops in France '40 Gold?
This is mainly for Mike Prucha. 

Are the 2 existing companies of French Paratroopers included in the France '40 Gold OOB? I haven't located them yet, but could be overlooking something.

They were the 601e and 602e  Airborne Infantry Groups. Both were formed in April 1937, and contained 207 men each. One was stationed in France, and one in North Africa initially. By October 1939 both were in France. The only other information I have is that a detachment under a Captain Sauvagnac was active, doing some aggressive patrolling in the Niederbronn-les-Bains area in February 1940. Following that both companies were concentrated at an airfield "south of Paris". The only other mention of them is that during late May-June 1940 elements of both were evacuated to North Africa through Marseilles to Algers, where they were disbanded. My primary source is Robert Forczk's book "Case Red".

A very small thing really, but I'm just wondering if they are included?
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