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    Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15 August...
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    in 1572 during operations near Mons in Hainaut, when 500 infantry were transported this way. It is also suggested the first dragoons were raised by the...
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    On 15 August 1944, Allied forces carried out Operation Dragoon, a set of simultaneous amphibious landings by three US infantry divisions followed by four...
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    Operation Dragoon Ride was a 2015 military exercise of the US Army and NATO involving transfer of military equipment and personnel from the Baltic states...
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    invasion from the Mediterranean Sea of southern France (code-named Operation Dragoon) on 15 August, and the Liberation of Paris followed on 25 August....
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    Italian Campaign in June 1944, before being transferred to take part in Operation Dragoon in August 1944, in Southern France, which happened to be their first...
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    Battalion arrived in France on 15 August 1944, for the start of Operation Dragoon. Operation Dragoon finished successfully on 14 September 1944, and Battalion...
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    on D-Day. They were also used in Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of southern France on 15 August 1944; Operation Plunder, the British crossing of...
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  • County, Arizona Dragoon Mountains, a mountain range in Arizona, USA Dragoon AFV, an American armoured fighting vehicle Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion...
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    US and French divisions were pulled out of Italy to participate in Operation Dragoon: the allied landings in southern France; despite this, the remaining...
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  • Operation Anvil may refer to: the original name for the Allied landing in southern France in August 1944, Operation Dragoon Operation Anvil (Mau Mau Uprising)...
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    notable for service as a headquarters ship during Operation Torch, Operation Overlord, and Operation Dragoon, and for her occasional use as a presidential...
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    Chase sailed on 4 July 1944 for the Mediterranean to participate in Operation Dragoon, the assault on Southern France. After embarking troops at Naples...
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    Army B, de Lattre assisted in the preparations for Operation Anvil, which was renamed Operation Dragoon on 1 August 1944. He was successful in securing Allied...
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    The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of two other regiments: The 4th/7th...
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    1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG) is a regiment in the Royal Armoured Corps of the British Army. Nicknamed The Welsh Cavalry, the regiment recruits...
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    Dockyard Creek on 25 July, to prepare for Operation Dragoon. Attacker joined Carrier Force TF88.1 for Operation Dragoon. The force exercised off Malta, between...
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    517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team was the principal force in Operation Dragoon in Southern France. The 17th Airborne Division deployed to England...
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    the beaches of Normandy, opening a Western front against Germany. Operation Dragoon in August launched a second offensive force, including French Army...
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    USS Texas (BB-35) (category Naval ships of Operation Neptune)
    upon her first major combat operation when she sortied with Task Group 34.8 (TG 34.8), the Northern Attack Group for Operation Torch, the invasion of North...
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  • 1st Airborne Task Force (Allied) (category Operation Dragoon)
    Allied airborne unit that was active during World War II created for Operation Dragoon–the invasion of Southern France. Formed in July 1944, under the command...
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    The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and the senior Scottish regiment. The regiment, through...
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    Italy, Southern France, and Germany, and participated in Operation Shingle and Operation Dragoon After arriving in northern Africa three months earlier...
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  • liberation of the city by French forces following Operation Dragoon Siege of Toulon, a 1793 military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars Scuttling...
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    for glider operations). Brereton rejected having two airlifts on the first day, although this had been accomplished during Operation Dragoon, albeit with...
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    town on its coast to be liberated during World War II as part of Operation Dragoon. After the war, it became an internationally known seaside resort...
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  • World War II, Operation Span was an Allied military deception operation in support of the landings in southern France in 1944. After the Dragoon landings,...
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    merchant raiders. In 1944, she sailed for the Mediterranean to support Operation Dragoon, the invasion of the south of France. After the war she was quickly...
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    Allied invasion of Southern France (Operation Dragoon) would precede a northern invasion. The plan was code-named Operation Copperhead, and James was assigned...
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    effective countermeasures, in time for the invasion of Normandy and Operation Dragoon. These included AIL's Type MAS jammer, which employed sophisticated...
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