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Operation Dragoon 1944 - France's Other D-Day

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - World War II - Western Front

Last Stocked on 4/8/2022

Product Info

Title
Operation Dragoon 1944 - France's Other D-Day
Publisher
Category
Author
Steven Zaloga
Publish Year
2009
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147402519
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM210
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM210

Description

Operation Dragoon, the Allied landings in southern France on August 15, 1944, was one of the most controversial operations of 1944, leading to a deep divide between United States and British planners. The US objective was to threaten the rear of the German armies occupying France by a landing on the eastern French coast and to push rapidly northward towards Lorraine to meet up with Allied forces bursting out of Normandy. Popular Osprey author Steve Zaloga tells the story of this ultimately successful operation, from the derisive debates between the Allied commanders to the men who hit the beaches and charged ashore to help liberate occupied France.