Operation Dragoon
1st Edition
Published on 5. March 2019
400 pages
978-1-64313-102-3 (ISBN)
Description
Forgotten Victory is the story of "Operation Dragoon," the Allied invasion of the South of France on August 15, 1944. It was, in effect, the second D-Day, launched two months after "Overlord," the Allied invasion of Normandy. As such, it has often been overshadowed by its predecessor, but it significance cannot be underestimated. Forgotten Victory provides for the first time a complete overview of the liberation of the South of France—from strategic decisions made from the Allied and German high commands to the intelligence war waged by Allied code-breakers; from the German defeat of French resistance forces on the Vergers to the exploits of individual OSS agents on the ground as they strove to keep pace with a fast-moving battlefield. This is the story of the Allies inflicting on the Germany Army a Blitzkrieg-style defeat, expunging the lingering memories of the catastrophe of 1940.
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Robin Cross
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- One - Lost Victories
- Two - The Stranded Whale
- Three - The Tug of War
- Four - From Anvil to Dragoon
- Five - The Other Side of the Hill
- Six - Ready to Roll
- Seven - Planning the Landings
- Eight - Chess Game of the Gods
- Nine - Le Muy Follies
- Ten - The Islands
- Eleven - The Assault
- Twelve - Bursting Out of the Bridgehead
- Thirteen - Montélimar: The Eye of the Needle
- Fourteen - Pastis in Marseille
- Fifteen - The Drive to Dijon
- Sixteen - The Champagne Campaign
- Illustrations Insert
- Appendix
- Selected Bibliography
- Endnotes Credits
- Index
- Copyright
