Southern France campaign

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The Southern France campaign was a World War II Allied offensive, also known as Operation Dragoon, that involved landings on the Mediterranean coast of France in August 1944 to liberate the region from German occupation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign
amphibious operation
military campaign
alsoKnownAs Operation Dragoon
belligerent Allied forces
surface form: Allies

Nazi Germany
codename Operation Dragoon
commanderForAllies Alexander Patch
Jacob L. Devers
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
commanderForAxis Johannes Blaskowitz
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Canada
Free French Forces
Germany
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
endDate 1944-09
front Mediterranean front
includedLanding landings in Provence
landings near Cavalaire-sur-Mer
landings near Saint-Raphaël
landings near Saint-Tropez
involvedUnit French First Army
German Army Group G
U.S. Seventh Army
location Mediterranean coast of France
Southern France
surface form: southern France
objective liberation of southern France from German occupation
seizure of ports on the French Mediterranean coast
operationType airborne operation
amphibious landing
opponent German Army Group G
partOf Western Front
surface form: Western Front of World War II

World War II
plannedBy Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
surface form: Allied Supreme Headquarters
precededBy Operation Overlord
result Allied victory
liberation of much of southern France
rapid Allied advance up the Rhône valley
startDate 1944-08-15
strategicEffect contributed to the liberation of France in 1944
forced German withdrawal from southern France
opened a second major Allied front in France
supportedBy Allied forces in the Mediterranean
surface form: Allied naval forces in the Mediterranean

Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
theater European Theater of Operations, United States Army
surface form: European Theater of Operations
year 1944

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Audie Murphy notableBattle Southern France campaign
U.S. Seventh Army campaign Southern France campaign
U.S. 45th Infantry Division campaign Southern France campaign
VI Corps campaign Southern France campaign
this entity surface form: Southern France Campaign
U.S. 36th Division engagement Southern France campaign
this entity surface form: Southern France Campaign in World War II
Army Group G engagement Southern France campaign
this entity surface form: Retreat from Southern France 1944
tank "Champaubert" usedIn Southern France campaign
subject surface form: Champaubert
this entity surface form: World War II campaigns of the French 2nd Armoured Division