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Events on Tuesday 15 August 1944 1
1944Operation DragoonAllied landings in southern FranceAmerican and Free French forces landed on the Provence coast between Toulon and Cannes. They quickly liberated Marseille and Toulon and advanced up the Rhône valley. They linked up with forces from Normandy near Dijon in mid-September.