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Part of the Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre and the European Theatre of World War II. The Operation Dragoon invasion fleet off the coast of Southern France. Date. 15 August – 14 September 1944. (4 weeks and 2 days) Location. Southern France, Côte d'Azur. 43°14′N 6°40′E. / 43.233°N 6.667°E / 43.233; 6.667.
- 15 August – 14 September 1944, (4 weeks and 2 days)
- Southern France, Côte d'Azur.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}43°14′N 6°40′E / 43.233°N 6.667°E
- Allied victory
28 de ago. de 2019 · 15 August 1944. Operation Dragoon: Senior Allied officers on the bridge of USS Catoctin (AGC-5), the operation flagship, taken while en route to the invasion area on "D-minus-1," 14 August 1944....
Southern France 15 August-14 September 1944. The Allied invasion of southern France in the late summer of 1944, an operation first code-named ANVIL and later DRAGOON, marked the beginning of...
The invasion of southern France was a fairly complete victory. The amphibious assault had gone in textbook manner, and the drive north covered 500 miles in one month. American casualties were 3,000 killed and missing and 4,500 wounded, while the French had 1,144 killed and missing and 4,346 wounded.
The Allied invasion of Southern France took place on August 15, 1944. Allied landing craft put ashore 66,000 soldiers and 6,500 tactical vehicles along a 30-mile stretch of the French Riviera between the cities of Toulon and Cannes. Another 9,000 paratroopers and glider troops were dropped 12 miles inland near the town of Le Muy.
Operation Dragoon was the successful Allied invasion of southern France that also highlighted the intense Allied disagreements over strategy. Forgotten Fights: Operation Dragoon and the Decline of the Anglo-American Alliance | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
France's Forgotten D-Day: Operation Dragoon and the Invasion of Southern France By Bruce Malone The United States Seventh Army’s invasion of the southern coast of France on 15 August 1944 is one of the least celebrated Allied combat operations of the Second World War.