Battle of Southern France

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Southern_France
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Dragoon
gptkbp:casualties Allied: ~7,000
German: ~50,000 captured
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Jean_de_Lattre_de_Tassigny
gptkb:Johannes_Blaskowitz
gptkb:Alexander_Patch
gptkbp:endDate 14 September 1944
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Southern France
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:US_Seventh_Army
gptkb:French_First_Army
gptkb:German_Army_Group_G
gptkbp:location gptkb:Southern_France
gptkbp:notableEvent Allied amphibious landings
rapid German retreat
gptkbp:objective liberation of southern France
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Western_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkb:Liberation_of_France
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:startDate 15 August 1944
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:French_Resistance
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations,_United_States_Army
gptkb:DESRON_22
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6