Allied landings in Provence (1944)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Allied_landings_in_Provence_(1944)
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Dragoon
gptkbp:casualties relatively light for Allies
significant for German forces
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Jean_de_Lattre_de_Tassigny
gptkb:Johannes_Blaskowitz
gptkb:Alexander_Patch
gptkbp:coordinates gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:date 15 August 1944
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:liberation_of_Marseille
gptkb:liberation_of_Toulon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Allied landings in Provence (1944)
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:US_Seventh_Army
gptkb:French_First_Army
gptkb:German_Army_Group_G
gptkbp:location gptkb:Provence,_France
gptkbp:notableEvent rapid German retreat from southern France
gptkbp:objective liberation of southern France
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Allied_invasion_of_Normandy
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:strategicImportance opened southern France for Allied advance
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Allied_naval_forces
gptkb:Allied_air_forces
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Saint-Raphaël,_Var,_France
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7