Dragoon was a complex operation very similar to the Normandy landings, complete with a US and British airborne assault followed by a naval assault landing. The landings led to a precipitous German retreat from France, authorized by Hitler himself. In September 1944, the US Seventh Army and French First Army reached Lorraine, sealing off any remaining German troops and completing the liberation of the majority of French territory.

nineteenhundredfourtyfour. Introduction -- Chronology -- Opposing commanders -- Opposing armies -- Orders of battle -- Opposing plans -- The campaign -- Aftermath -- The battlefields today -- Further reading -- Index