Home Easy 517-PRCT Operations in La Roquette, Southern-France (August 27-28, 1944) Operation Dragoon (pictured in Toulon) took place a matter of weeks after the crucial Normandy Landings - and led to the liberation of southern France and wide-scale Nazi retreat

Operation Dragoon (pictured in Toulon) took place a matter of weeks after the crucial Normandy Landings – and led to the liberation of southern France and wide-scale Nazi retreat

US airborne on the ground in Southern France
Illustration – German Troops and Armor reacting to an attack
European Center of Military History (EUCMH)