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August 20–26, 1944
- The Battle of Toulon was an urban battle of World War II in southern France that took place August 20–26, 1944 and led to the liberation of Toulon by Free French forces under the command of General Edgard de Larminat.
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The Battle of Toulon was an urban battle of World War II in southern France that took place August 20–26, 1944 and led to the liberation of Toulon by Free French forces under the command of General Edgard de Larminat.
- 15-28 August 1944
- Allied victory
- Toulon, southern France
Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15 August 1944.
- Allied victory
On August 15, 1944, Allied troops stormed ashore in southern France against light and disorganized German resistance, opening a new front in the liberation of continental Europe. Originally designated Operation Anvil and intended to support the hammer blow of the Normandy landings two months earlier, the renamed Operation Dragoon fulfilled an ...
- The Scenario at The Time of The Dragoon Landings
- Planning The Operation
- Setting The Table For The Main Invasion
- Takeaways from Operation Dragoon
The Allies would launch Dragoon with a mammoth advantage over the Axis forces tasked with the defense of the southern French coast. In terms of men and materials, the German leadership surely felt they were facing impossible odds. The Allied naval contingent consisted of over 800 Allied ships and nearly 1,400 landing craft. Five battleships (3 U.S....
With air superiority, the Allies were able to utilize aerial reconnaissance at will. Their intelligence gathering was aided by the French resistance, which provided detailed troop strengths, schedules, and maps of fortifications. Additionally, the Allies used photographs from U.S. tourists of the French Riviera taken before the U.S. entered the war...
Beginning on August 14, the Allies engaged in several preliminary attacks and some subterfuge, but also carried out heavy bombing of the landing areas, roads, railways, and infrastructure. Additionally, two diversionary naval bombardments took place east and west of the landing zones that successfully tied down troops in those areas and kept them f...
The majority of southern France was liberated in only four weeks of fighting. Toulon and Marseilles fell to French forces, opening their ports before the end of August. This allowed for vast numbers of American troops to be brought to the European continent from the U.S. mainland and enter the fight against Germany, which the Normandy invasion had ...
The First French Army quickly surrounded Marseille and Toulon. Both cities fell to the French on August 28, a full month earlier than anticipated. The 7th Army attempted to cut off the German 19th Army near Montélimar.
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Dec 14, 2016 · While Allied troops were attempting to cut off the escape route of the retreating Germans, French troops headed along the coast to Toulon and Marseille, engaged the enemy, and liberated both cities on August 27th.
Jul 8, 2019 · Lyon was liberated on September 3 and a week later, the lead elements from Operation Dragoon united with Lieutenant General George S. Patton 's US Third Army. The pursuit of Blaskowitz ended shortly thereafter when the remnants of Army Group G assumed a position in the Vosges Mountains.
