Operation Dragoon 1944: France's Other D-Day

by John White and Steven J. Zaloga

Osprey's study of Operation Dragoon, the Allied landings in southern France on August 15, 1944, which was one of the most controversial operations of World War II (1939-1945), leading to deep divides 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846033675
• ISBN13: 9781846033674
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.7"