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Operation Dragoon - The Allied Liberation of the South of France: 1944 (Hardcover)
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Operation Dragoon - The Allied Liberation of the South of France: 1944 (Hardcover)
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Operation Dragoon is the story of the Allied invasion of the South
of France on August 15, 1944. It was, in effect, the second D-Day,
launched two months after "Overlord", the Allied invasion of
Normandy. As such, it has often been overshadowed by its
predecessor, but its significance cannot be underestimated.
"Dragoon" was a largely American-French operation in which the
British, who had argued for action in northern Italy, played a
smaller role. After nearly five years of conflict, British war
stamina had been severely sapped. In contrast, the French, who had
been excluded from the overall planning of D-Day, played an
important role in Dragoon, supplying the majority of the ground
troops in a campaign which began on the beaches of the Riviera and
ended in the cool, clear air of the Alpes Maritimes, the sacred
ground of France. Operation Dragoon provides for the first time a
complete overview of the liberation of the South of France-from
strategic decisions made from the Allied and German high commands
to the intelligence war waged by Allied code-breakers; from the
German defeat of French resistance forces on the Vergers to the
exploits of individual OSS agents on the ground as they strove to
keep pace with a fast-moving battlefield. This is the story of the
Allies inflicting on the Germany Army a Blitzkrieg-style defeat,
expunging the lingering memories of the catastrophe of 1940.
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