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Operation Dragoon
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Books about Operation Dragoon
Here are some books about Operation Dragoon,
the Allied invasion of Southern France:
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By William Breuer
Presidio Press
Released: 1996-06-01
Paperback (288 pages)
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The full dramatic story of the largest operation of its kind in the European War: an Allied seaborne and airborne assault that eventually involved a million troops. |
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By Stephen Sussna
Xlibris Corporation
Paperback (740 pages)
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Defeat and Triumph tells the story of the still controversial, important, dramatic but little known Allied invasion of the French Riviera on August 15, 1944. This was known as Operation Anvil and later renamed Operation Dragoon.
Notwithstanding the massive opposition of Winston Churchill, his military advisors, and many notable American generals, Dragoon happened. After suffering four years of humiliating and devastating defeat, French men and women were assisted by their American and British Allies and this invasion ensured World War II victory in Europe.
Defeat and Triumph: The Story of a Controversial Allied Invasion and French Rebirth thoroughly analyzes the pros and cons of Dragoon. The book provides a panoramic history of Operation Dragoon and related events in France, Germany, Great Britain, the United States, and the Mediterranean from 1940-1945.
The author is in the unique position of having served on Day of Dragoon as Helmsman of LST 1012 (Landing Ship Tank).The LST 1012 participated in the most dangerous and tragic event of the invasion.
He has gathered and analyzed a treasure trove of previously unpublished American, British, French and German archival materials, diaries, letters, periodical articles, maps and interviews. |
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Betascript Publishing
Paperback (128 pages)
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Operation Dragoon was the Allied invasion of southern France on August 15, 1944, during World War II. The invasion was initiated by an amphibious assault by elements of the U.S. Seventh Army, with a follow-up force made up primarily of the French First Army. Despite being a large and complex military operation with a well executed amphibious and airborne component, Operation Dragoon still remains largely unknown to this day. During the planning stages, the operation was known as Anvil, to complement Operation Sledgehammer, which was at that time the codename for the invasion of Normandy. Subsequently both plans were renamed, the latter becoming Operation Overlord, the former becoming Operation Dragoon. An apocryphal story claimed that the name was picked by Winston Churchill, who was opposed to the plan, and claimed to having been "dragooned" into accepting it. However, in reality it is thought the name for the operation was taken from a city near the invasion site named Draguignan (see "Landings" map below). |
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By William B. Breuer
Airlife Publishing Ltd
Hardcover (264 pages)
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By William B. Breuer
Presidio
Hardcover
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By James W Boddie
U.S. Army War College
Unknown Binding (5 pages)
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Jove
Mass Market Paperback
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By Samuel Eliot Morison
Little, Brown and Company
Unknown Binding (360 pages)
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