Allied operations in Southern France

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Allied_operations_in_Southern_France

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Dragoon
gptkbp:casualties	Allies: ~7,000 killed or wounded Axis: ~50,000 captured
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Jean_de_Lattre_de_Tassigny gptkb:Johannes_Blaskowitz gptkb:Jacob_L._Devers gptkb:Alexander_Patch
gptkbp:endDate	14 September 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Allied_advance_from_Paris_to_the_Rhine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Allied operations in Southern France
gptkbp:initiallyCodenamed	gptkb:Operation_Anvil
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:US_Seventh_Army gptkb:French_First_Army gptkb:German_Army_Group_G
gptkbp:liberatedCity	gptkb:Lyon gptkb:Marseille gptkb:Toulon
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Southern_France
gptkbp:mainLandingSite	gptkb:Côte_d'Azur
gptkbp:navalSupport	gptkb:Task_Force_88
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Toulon gptkb:Battle_of_Marseille Battle of Montélimar
gptkbp:notableEvent	Coordination with French Resistance German withdrawal to the Vosges Mountains Rapid Allied advance northward
gptkbp:numberOfTroops	Allies: ~250,000 Axis: ~150,000
gptkbp:objective	gptkb:Liberation_of_Southern_France Capture of key ports Cut off German retreat from Normandy
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Accelerated German retreat from France Opened a second front in France Facilitated supply lines for Allied forces
gptkbp:startDate	15 August 1944
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:Allied_naval_forces gptkb:Allied_air_forces
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:Twelfth_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Allied_Mediterranean_Headquarters
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8