Campaign
Operation Dragoon — landings in southern France
15 Aug 1944 – 14 Sept 1944 · Provence coast
American and French forces landed between Toulon and Cannes on 15 August 1944. German resistance was light and the ports of Toulon and Marseille were liberated by French troops on 28 August. Advancing up the Rhône valley, the Allies took Lyon on 3 September and linked up with Patton's forces near Dijon on 12 September.
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