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Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15 August 1944. Although initially designed to be executed in conjunction with Operation Overlord, the June 1944 Allied landing in Normandy, a lack of available resources led to a cancellation of the second landing.
LCTs and LCMs land supplies on the beach west of Saint-Raphaël on 20 August 1944. Matted ramp in foreground is for DUKWs.. Logistics played a key role in the success of Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II that commenced with the US Seventh Army landings on the French Riviera on 15 August 1944.
This was a phase of the European Theatre of World War II. Originally called Operation Anvil, these landings had been intended to take place at the same time as the Normandy landings of Operation Overlord , commonly called D-Day, but were postponed because the necessary shipping was committed to the Normandy operation.
Aerial view of Saint-Tropez, with Pampelonne beach in background and the citadel and the port in the foreground Citadel of Saint-Tropez Map of Saint-Tropez (c. 1680). In 599 BC, the Phocaeans from Ionia founded Massilia (present-day Marseille) and established other coastal mooring sites in the area.
Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) bought a house, the Villa Mauresque, in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in 1928, and, except for the years of World War II, spent much of his time there until his death. Other English-speaking writers who live in or have written about Provence include: Peter Mayle; Carol Drinkwater; John Lanchester; Willa Cather
A ferry (Les Bateaux Verts) takes passengers to the Sainte Maxime harbor or Saint Tropez. On August 15, 1944, the beaches of Saint Tropez, Sainte Maxime, and Les Issambres were at the center of Operation Dragoon, the invasion and liberation of Southern France during World War II. A US Delta Force from 93rd Evac landed there. [2]
On 15 August 1944, elements of the Seventh Army assaulted the beaches of southern France in the St. Tropez and St. Raphael area. On 15 September, the Seventh was put under the field control of the 6th Army Group, under Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers. The 6th Army Group also included the French First Army.
Ramatuelle lies near St-Tropez, Sainte-Maxime and Gassin.It was built on a hill to defend itself against enemies. The town was known in the Middle Ages as Ramatuella (either derived from the tribe of the Camatullici or from the Arabic Rahmatollah i.e. رحمة الله 'the mercy of God') [3] and was part of the area ruled by the Moors of nearby Fraxinet in the ninth and tenth centuries.