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Originally Posted by Pete
Were the troops fighting at Dien Bien Phu French? The Infantry was from the Foreign Legion, Algeria, Morocco and Thailand. The bulk of the Parachute and Artillery also seem to have been "Colonial" or Legion. All the Heavy Mortar units were from the Legion.
The Armoured Cav was made up of the 3 EM / 1 RCC (French).
It does seem the service units - signal, engineers and medical were mostly French.
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If I have my history correct there were also quite a few Germans fighting in the legion at Dien Bien Phu. Many were former members of the Waffen SS who joined to escape prosecution.