Operation Dragoon

Operation Dragoon
	Part of The Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre and the European Theatre of World War II
	; Allied naval ships about to land in southern France.
Date	15 August - 14 September 1944
Location	southern France
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United States; France; (and others)	Nazi Germany

Operation Dragoon, was the code name for the Allied landings in southern France during World War II.

History

The landings began on August 15 1944. At this point the allies had gained a foot hold in north-western France and were advancing on Paris. The allies liberated the Port towns by the 28th and began moving north. On September 10, the allies liberated Dijon and linked up with the forces from operation overlord.

A map showing the Allied amphibious landings and advance in Southern France, as well as German defensive positions
German 88-mm gun on the coast in Southern France
Operation Dragoon landings
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (in dark pants and shirt without jacket, behind André Diethelm in suit) reviewing troops in the liberated city of Marseille on 29 August 1944
Allied advance until mid-September
Monument to the landings of Allied troops under General Patch on the beach of St Tropez, France

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