 While the 2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment was deployed in Brittany during the operations of disembarking in June 1944, the 3rd Parachute Chasseur Regiment was held temporarily in England.The 3rd Parachute Chasseur Regiment was entrusted with action covering the southern flank of the U.S. 3rd Army which had just disembarked in Normandy making way west across the country.Between 16 July and 7 October 1944, the regiment was dropped in France along the line Nantes-Lyon.