Panelists discussed Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II on August 15, 1944. It was a controversial operation as U.S. and British military planners did not ...

Operation Dragoon was a success. The 45th, 3rd and 36th Infantry Divisions swept the German army from Southern France and French forces liberated the ports of Marseille and Toulon allowing vital ...

Marseille was liberated on Aug. 28. Soldiers from the Normandy landings, known as Operation Overlord, met troops from Operation Dragoon on Sept. 12 near Dijon, in the eastern region of Burgundy.

Experts argue Operation Dragoon was one of the most successful amphibious landings in the course of the war. Over 100,000 Allies invaded France’s Mediterranean shores on Aug. 15, 1944, and suffered ...

(Robert F. Sargent/Wikimedia Commons) Operation Dragoon saw significantly less resistance and fewer casualties than the Normandy invasion, as German forces were concentrated in Normandy and elsewhere ...

The unit conducted four amphibious assaults in two years, including Operation Dragoon. During Dragoon, the division pursued Axis forces over 400 miles in only 30 days.

Panelists discussed Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II on August 15, 1944. It was a controversial operation as U.S. and British military planners did not ...