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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Operation_Dragoon
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gptkbp:casualties
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Allied: ~7,000
German: ~50,000 captured
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gptkbp:codename
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gptkb:Operation_Dragoon
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Jean_de_Lattre_de_Tassigny
gptkb:Johannes_Blaskowitz
gptkb:Alexander_Patch
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gptkbp:date
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15 August 1944
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Southern France landings
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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gptkb:US_Seventh_Army
gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:British_forces
gptkb:Polish_forces
gptkb:French_First_Army
gptkb:German_Army_Group_G
German forces
Canadian forces
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gptkbp:ledTo
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gptkb:liberation_of_Marseille
gptkb:liberation_of_Toulon
retreat of German forces to the north
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Southern_France
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gptkbp:objective
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liberate southern France from German occupation
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:plannedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Normandy_landings
Operation Anvil (original name)
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
rapid Allied advance through southern France
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gptkbp:significance
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opened a second front in France
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gptkbp:supportedBy
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gptkb:Allied_naval_forces
gptkb:French_Resistance
gptkb:Allied_air_forces
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Western_Naval_Task_Force
gptkb:USS_Brooklyn_(CL-40)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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