Far East
Command
French Far East Expeditionary Corps: HQ Saigon
Commander-in-Chief Far East: General Henri Navarre
Commander Far East Air Forces: General Henri Lauzin
Commander Far East Maritime Forces: Admiral Auboyneau
Indochina Command
Land Forces North Vietnam: HQ Hanoi
Commander: General René Cogny
Tactical Air Group North
Commander: General Jean Dechaux
Air Transport
Commander: Colonel Nicot
Land Forces Laos
Commander: Colonel Boucher de Crèvecoeur
French Garrison 6 December 1953
Airborne
HQ Airborne Divisional Element
2nd Battalion, 1st Parachute Light Infantry Regiment
1st Colonial Parachute Battalion
1st Foreign Legion Parachute Battalion
5th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion
8th Parachute Shock (Assault) Battalion
17th Airborne Engineers Company
Infantry
3rd T’ai Battalion
Artillery
35th Airborne Artillery Regiment
1st Foreign Legion Heavy Airborne Mortar Company
Laotian Autonomous Artillery Battery
French Garrison 13 March 1954
Commander Operational Group North West: Colonel de Castries
Airborne
1st Foreign Legion Parachute Battalion (HQ Reserve)
8th Parachute Shock Battalion (HQ Reserve)
Infantry
1st Battalion, 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade (‘Claudine’)
3rd Battalion, 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade (‘Beatrice’)
1st Battalion, 2nd Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment (‘Huguette’)
3rd Battalion, 3rd Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment ‘(Isabelle’)
2nd Battalion, 1st Algerian Rifle Regiment (‘Isabelle’)
3rd Battalion, 3rd Algerian Rifle Regiment (‘Dominique’)
5th Battalion, 7th Algerian Rifle Regiment (‘Gabrielle’)
1st Battalion, 4th Moroccan Rifle Regiment (’Elaine’)
2nd T’ai Battalion (’Elaine’)
3rd T’ai Battalion (‘Anne-Marie’)
T’ai Partisan Mobile Group No.1 (Francoise and other strongpoints)
Artillery
2nd Group (i.e., 2nd Battalion), 4th Colonial Artillery Regiment (‘Claudine’ & ‘Dominique’)
3rd Group (3rd Battalion), 10th Colonial Artillery Regiment (‘Claudine’ & ‘Isabelle’)
11th Battery, 4th Group, 4th Colonial Artillery Regiment (‘Claudine’)
1st Foreign Legion Heavy Airborne Mortar Company (‘Claudine’)
1st Foreign Legion Composite Heavy Mortar Company (‘Gabrielle’)
2nd Foreign Legion Composite Heavy Mortar Company (‘Anne-Marie’)
Tanks
3rd Squadron, 1st Light Horse Regiment
French Airborne Reinforcements 13 March–May 1954
1st Colonial Parachute Battalion (incomplete)
2nd Battalion, 1st Parachute Light Infantry Regiment
2nd Foreign Legion Parachute Battalion
5th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion
6th Colonial Parachute Battalion
3rd, 5th & 6th airborne surgical teams
Note: This orbat does not include the French air force, army aviation, naval aviation, intelligence, and the numerous support units involved in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.