Timeline Thursday 14 September 1944

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Thursday 14 September 1944

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1944 Operation Dragoon Allied landings in southern France American 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.

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