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Chasseurs alpins
Chasseurs alpins
Active
1888–present
Country
France
Branch
French Army
Type
Infantry
Role
Mountain Infantry
Size
Three battalions
Garrison/HQ
7e Bataillon – Varces-Allières-et-Risset 13e Bataillon – Chambéry 27e Bataillon – Cran-Gevrier
Nickname(s)
Les diables bleus (Eng: The Blue Devils)
Motto(s)
Jamais être pris vivant (Eng: Never to be Taken Alive) Sans peur et sans reproche (Eng: Without fear and beyond reproach)
"Vivre libre ou mourir" (Eng: Live Free or Die)
Engagements
World War I (incl. Battle of the Yser) World War II (incl. Battle of Narvik) War in Afghanistan (incl. Battle of Alasay)
Military unit
The chasseurs alpins (English: Alpine Hunters) are the elite mountain infantry force of the French Army. They are trained to operate in mountainous terrain and in urban warfare.
The chasseursalpins (English: Alpine Hunters) are the elite mountain infantry force of the French Army. They are trained to operate in mountainous terrain...
Library of Paris, Paris, France. ChasseursalpinsChasseur from the french forces in Germany French Grenadiers, Chasseurs and Fusiliers of the Napoleonic...
The 27e bataillon de chasseursalpins (27e BCA) is a Chasseursalpins battalion of the French Army. It is a heavily decorated unit, whose members wear...
Notable persons that have served in the ChasseursAlpins. Jacques Faure Maurice Gamelin Yves Godard André Lalande Nicolas Le Nen Émile Paganon Philippe...
27e Bataillon de ChasseursAlpin is a military band unit of the French Army. The band is attached the 27e bataillon de chasseursalpins (27th BCA) and effectively...
distinctive uniform was rejected, the Chasseurs adopted a distinctive green Basque-style beret in the style of the Chasseursalpins. At the time, they were the...
worn by selected military units, such as the Belgian Chasseurs Ardennais or the French ChasseursAlpins), usually has the "sweatband" folded inwardly. In...
Demi-Brigade ChasseursAlpins – Commanded by Général de Brigade Antoine Béthouart 13ème Bataillon ChasseursAlpins 53ème Bataillon ChasseursAlpins 67ème Bataillon...
forced labour, was established in Barcelonnette. The 11th Battalion of Chasseursalpins was garrisoned at Barcelonnette between 1948 and 1990. Barcelonnette...
de chasseurs (4e RCh), Gap (36x Panhard ERC-90) 6e Bataillon de ChasseursAlpins (6e BCA), Varces-Allières-et-Risset 7e Bataillon de ChasseursAlpins (7e...
fight.” Albert was assigned on 3 July 1915 to the 27th Battalion of ChasseursAlpins, engaged in Aisne, in today's Hauts-de-France region, a northern region...
Paris Fire Brigade) Chasseur ("hunter": light troops used for reconnaissance and harassment) Chasseurs à pied (light infantry) Chasseurs à cheval (light mounted...
tassel, which came to be an emblem of the Carlist cause. The French Chasseursalpins, created in the early 1880s, were the first regular unit to wear the...
Army Corps before commanding a company of the 15th battalion of the ChasseursAlpins in 1904. He received the applause of his superiors for his diligence...
Tissier joined up and became a captain in the 1st Division of the Light ChasseursAlpins. He headed up the 2nd Division of expeditionary French forces to Norway...
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Army officer. Since 2007, he has commanded the 27ème bataillon de chasseursalpins, and heads the Groupement tactique interarmes de Kapisa. Le Nen joined...
Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the ChasseursAlpins, the French Alpine light infantry battalion. Duke joined the Southern...
From December 1944 to February 1946, he headed the 27ème bataillon de chasseursalpins. He was part of the occupation force in Austria, then a general staff...
corporals and chasseurs of the 5th Battailon of Chasseurs [fr]; and the officers, non-commissioned officers, corporals and chasseurs of the 45th Bataillon...
Alpini Regiment, 6th Alpini Regiment and 7th Alpini Regiment. France's ChasseursAlpins, created in 1888, consisted of 12 battalions. Currently three remain...
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