Invasion of Southern France

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Dragoon
gptkbp:beachLanding	gptkb:Alpha_Beach gptkb:Delta_Beach gptkb:Camel_Beach
gptkbp:casualties	Allied: ~7,000 killed or wounded German: ~50,000 killed, wounded, or captured
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:endDate	14 September 1944
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Invasion of Southern France
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:US_Seventh_Army gptkb:French_First_Army gptkb:German_Army_Group_G
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Southern_France
gptkbp:navalSupport	gptkb:Task_Force_88
gptkbp:notableTownLiberated	gptkb:Lyon gptkb:Marseille gptkb:Toulon
gptkbp:objective	liberate southern France
gptkbp:operator	amphibious invasion
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:postponedDueTo	lack of landing craft
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Allied_bombing_campaign Operation Romeo (French commando landing)
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris Rhone Valley advance
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:scheduledMonth	originally planned for June 1944
gptkbp:significance	accelerated liberation of France forced German retreat from southern France
gptkbp:startDate	15 August 1944
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:French_Resistance gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:United_States_Army gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces gptkb:United_States_Navy gptkb:Free_French_Forces gptkb:British_Royal_Navy
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:Twelfth_Air_Force gptkb:Mediterranean_Allied_Air_Forces
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:USS_Butler_(DD-636) gptkb:USS_Ellyson_(DD-454) gptkb:USS_Jeffers_(DD-621)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6