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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. Although initially designed to be executed in conjunction with Operation Overlord, the June 1944 Allied landing in Normandy, the lack of enough resources led to the cancellation of the second landing.
Gassend, Jean-Loup, ed. (2014), Operation Dragoon, Autopsy of a Battle, The Liberation of the French Riviera, Atglen PA: Schiffer, ISBN 9780764345807; Goddard, William B., ed. (1988), Report of Operations: The United States Seventh Army in France and Germany 1944–1945, Nashville: Battery Press, ISBN 0-89839-124-5, OCLC 1896529
This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 [update] this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states.
This is an incomplete list of U.S. Department of Defense code names primarily the two-word series variety. Officially, Arkin (2005) says that there are three types of code name : Nicknames – a combination of two separate unassociated and unclassified words (e.g. Polo and Step) assigned to represent a specific program, special access program ...
For fifty days, during Operation Shingle, soldiers of the brigade held 7 miles (11 km) of the front line and earned the distinction by the German army as "The Little Seahorse Division". [ 3 ] The unit subsequently participated in the invasion of southern France in 1944, code named Operation Dragoon , conducting its fifth and final amphibious ...
LCTs and LCMs land supplies on the beach west of Saint-Raphaël on 20 August 1944. Matted ramp in foreground is for DUKWs.. Logistics played a key role in the success of Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II that commenced with the US Seventh Army landings on the French Riviera on 15 August 1944.
The invasion was originally given the code name of "Operation Anvil", but was changed to "Operation Dragoon" before the landing. In March 1944, Major General Alexander Patch, a highly experienced and competent commander, was assigned to command the Seventh Army, which moved to Naples, Italy, the following July.
Air strikes and bombardment on harbour and oil installations at Sabang, North Sumatra, 25 July 1944, Operation Crimson. Squadron Nos: 831, 1830, 1833, 1836, 1837 and 1838. South of France 1944: Support of landing forces on the south coast of France, 15–27 August 1944, Operation Dragoon. Squadron Nos: 800, 807, 809, 879, 881, 882 and 899 ...