page_title: French Far East Expeditionary Corps
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: French Far East Expeditionary Corps / History
caption_attribution_description: 1ère compagnie étrangère parachutiste de mortiers lourds en Indochine avec 2 mortiers Brandt 120 mm type A.M. 50.
context_page_description: The French Far East Expeditionary Corps was a colonial expeditionary force of the French Union Army that was initially formed in French Indochina during 1945 during the Pacific War. The CEFEO later fought and lost in the First Indochina War against the Viet Minh rebels.
  The CEFEO was largely made up of voluntarily-enlisted indigenous tirailleurs from the French Union colonial or protectorate territories, the exception was the French Foreign Legion, which consisted mainly of European volunteers. The use of metropolitan recruits were forbidden by the government during the First Indochina War to prevent the war from becoming even more unpopular at home.
caption: Soldiers of 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company c.1954.
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