Operation Épaulard 1 (Operation Orca 1) was a military operation undertaken on the behalf of the
2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment
The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (french: 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, 2e REP) is the only airborne regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. It is one of the four infantry regiments of the 11th Parachute Brigade and part o ...
to land soldiers in
Beirut,
Lebanon on 21 August 1982, during the
Lebanese Civil War.
They were part of the
Multinational Force in Lebanon, a multinational force including
United States Armed Forces,
Italian Armed Forces
The Italian Armed Forces ( it, Forze armate italiane, ) encompass the Italian Army, the Italian Navy and the Italian Air Force. A fourth branch of the armed forces, known as the Carabinieri, take on the role as the nation's military police and ar ...
and
British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces, also known as His Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, s ...
, which aimed to intervene in the widening conflict in
Lebanon and protect French assets and civilians.
See also
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31st Brigade (France)
The 31st Brigade (french: 31e Brigade) was a French Army unit created in 1981 whose components were all reassigned in 1984.
On 1 July 1981 the Chief of Staff of the French Army enacted the creation of an inter-arm brigade placed under the order ...
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Foreign Legion Groupment
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List of French paratrooper units
References
Further reading
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1982 Lebanon War
French Foreign Legion
Military operations involving France
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