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	Operation Dragoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Operation Dragoon was the Allied invasion of southern France, on 15 August 1944, as part of World War II.
		During the planning stages, the operation was known as Anvil, to complement Operation Hammer, which was at that time the codename for the invasion of Normandy.
		The rapid Allied advance after Operation Cobra and Dragoon slowed almost to a halt in September 1944 due to a critical lack of supplies, as thousands of tons of supplies were shunted to NW France to compensate for the inadequacies of port facilities and land transport in northern Europe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Anvil-Dragoon (963 words)

	Operation Dragoon
		During World War 2, Operation Dragoon (Allies, 1944) was the invasion of southern France between Toulon and Cannes executed on 15 August 1944.
		Originally called Anvil, the name was changed by Winston Churchill, who claimed to having been "dragooned" into accepting it.
		Operation Dragoon included a glider landing (Operation Dove) and a deception (Operation Span).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/op/Operation_Dragoon.html (131 words)

	Dragoon
		An operation on the coast of southern France was first envisaged at the 11th August 1942 Quebec conference.
		This proposed operation had to be coordinated with the main landing in the north of France, planned for the spring of 1944, and had to enable the destruction of German forces between the northern "Hammer" and southern "Anvil", as the two operations were code named.
		After the success of Operation Dragoon the 1st ABTF was assigned to liberate Cannes and Nice, then to secure strategic mountain top positions in the Maritime Alps along the Franco-Italian border.
	www.wwiiadt.com /Airborne_history/Dragoon.htm (2766 words)

	WORLD WAR II INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Operation "Torch": On November 8, 1942, the Allies under Gen. Eisenhower landed in French North Africa.
		Operation Anvil/Dragoon: Controversial as to its military merit, the August 1944 Allied invasion of southern France ostensible provided support for the invasion of northern France.
		Saipan: Operation Forager, the Battle for Saipan in June 1944 was part of the Marianas campaign designed to capture essential fleet anchorage's and bomber bases.
	www.ida.net /users/Lamar/worldwar2.html (5552 words)

	Operation Anvil/Dragoon
		Operation Anvil was planned as a supporting action for Operation Overlord, the Allied attack on Normandy.
		Operation Anvil fell both geographically and chronologically between two much larger Allied efforts in northern France and Italy, so both its conduct and its contributions have largely been ignored.
		Operation Torch, the Anglo-American landings against French North Africa in November 1942, was followed by Husky, the assault against Sicily in early July 1943, and the invasion of southern Italy in September.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1772.html (1265 words)

	North Apennines
		The intense combat operations of the summer were not destined to continue into the fall.
		Operation OLIVE commenced on 25 August 1944 as the British 5 Corps and Canadian 1 Corps attacked through two Polish divisions on a seventeen-mile-wide front along the Adriatic.
		The third limited attack, Operation ENCORE, was the result of a change in Allied operational strategy that eliminated the heavily fortified city of Bologna as a spring objective and, instead, focused on securing exits from the northern Apennines directly into the Po Valley itself.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/nap/72-34.htm (7528 words)

	OPERATION DRAGOON
		Allied plans for Normandy had originally included Operation ANVIL, an amphibious assault against southern France on the same day as the Normandy invasion, to tie down German troops that might be used to defend against the cross-channel assault.
		Churchill always believed Operation DRAGOON was a blunder that shifted the Allied focus away from the Mediterranean, thereby setting the stage for Soviet post-war domination of Eastern Europe.
		Operation Dragoon : The Allied Invasion of the South of France
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1944dragoon.php (804 words)

	10th infantry division north apennines
		Success appeared problematic, considering the high casualties suffered during prior operations that were similar and the difficulties encountered with supply lines that stretched over rugged terrain, which was adversely affected by wintry weather.
		As a precaution, Truscott attached the 339th and 337th regiments, 85th Division, and the 2d Brigade, 8th Indian Division, to IV Corps on 23 December, where they would be in a position to reinforce the relatively inexperienced U.S. 92d Division, then holding a six-mile sector between the Ligurian Sea and the Serchio River Valley.
		Using eight infantry battalions supported by mortars and artillery, the enemy hoped to destroy completely the offensive capability of the 92d Division while simultaneously relieving the pressure that the Brazilian Expeditionary Force was exerting on the Italian Fascist Monte Rosa Division to the east in the upper Serchio Valley.
	www.ranger95.com /divisions/10th_mtn_div_north_apennines_44_45.html (6949 words)

	Thompson II dd 627
		In July, she returned to San Diego and underwent traininF operations off the west coast, activities in which she was engaged for the remainder of 1948.
		After post-repair trials, she conducted operations on the west coast and underwent a restricted availability at Long Beach, Calif. Thompson spent the remainder of 1951 and the first part of 1952 in continental United States waters before departing San Diego on 23 June 1952.
		In contrast to her earlier Korean tours, when her minesweeping duties were intermingled with destroyertype operations, Thompson was now free to operate as a destroyer for coast patrol and gunfire support duties.
	www.multied.com /navy/destroyer/dest2/ThompsonIIdd627.html (3879 words)

	Operation Dragoon - invasion of southern France
		Operation Dragoon was the Allied invasion of Southern France between Toulon and Cannes on 15th August 1944.
		The operation was originally, and for most of the planning stage, known as "Anvil".
		I was aboard during the southern France operation.
	www.internet-esq.com /ussaugusta/dragoon.htm (258 words)

	Operation Anvil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		On August 15, while the tank battle was raging in the north, Allied troops landed in Operation Anvil (also code-named Dragoon) between Cannes and Toulon.
		Anvil had been a cause of tension within the Alliance because Churchill had preferred to devote the energy and resources to additional operations in the Mediterranean.
		Eisenhower insisted, however, that Anvil was important to the success of Overlord because it would pin down German forces in southern France and provide an additional port through which supplies could pass.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/ww2/anvil.html (169 words)

	10th infantry division po valley
		The ensuing lack of resources, combined with the harsh winter weather, rugged terrain, and stiff enemy resistance, had left the Allies short of their immediate goal, the heavily fortified communications center of Bologna, a few miles to the north in central Italy.
		Prior to the main offensive, D-day minus 5, the U.S. 92d Infantry Division was to launch a diversionary attack, Operation SECOND WIND, to capture Massa along the Ligurian coast.
		Elsewhere on the II Corps front, the 91st Division continued its operations west of Bologna, while the 34th Infantry Division advanced on both sides of Highway 65 to the southern outskirts of the city.
	www.ranger95.com /divisions/10th_mtn_div_po_valley_1945.html (7474 words)

	History for G co. 143rd Inf (LRS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		During "Operation Raincoat", 2 to 9 December 1943, the U.S. Army's offensive to break through the german's defenses, the company took part in the "Battle of San Pietro" as part of that operation.
		Operation "Dragoon (Anvil)", the amphibious invasion of southern France, took place on August 15, 1944.
		The platoons operated "Check Points" as a buffer between two opposing factions and Co G had the largest and hardest to control.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,703148\|702109,00.html (7082 words)

	Axis History Forum :: View topic - Operation Anvil/Dragoon & Free French Army
		In the operational plan adopted by Force 163, the French troops of French 1st Army were to begin their attack on Toulon on D+9, the 24th of August, after the landing of all elements of Garbo Force had been completed.
		During these operations it was always the center of the French line, making frontal attacks to pin the enemy while the other divisions flanked and encircled, and it took heavy casualties.
		This operation was viewed as a good test for the 9ème D.I.C., which laid to rest doubts on the part of Allied Forces HQ as to its aptitude to participate in the pitched battles in Provence.
	forum.axishistory.com /viewtopic.php?t=97492&sid=2186ae5dd151a95dae73cc684cbf0c59 (17160 words)

	Tuscaloosa
		This operation was divided into five distinct phases which might be aspects of some real naval campaign of the future in which the United States would take the strategic offensive.
		This operation gave the Navy added experience in search tactics; in the use of submarines, destroyers, and aircraft in scouting and attack; in the dispositions of the Fleet and the conduct of a major fleet battle.
		At that period, Anglo-American naval operations frequently were mounted in an attempt to lure Tirpitz out of her snowy Norwegian lair.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/t9/tuscaloosa-i.htm (5283 words)

	OPERATION ANVIL (picture)
		This proposed operation had to be coordinated with the main landing in the north of
		Army and proclaimed that Anvil would be the second priority of all the operations envisaged by the United States.
		On August 10, the decision to launch Anvil was confirmed, its name having become Dragoon in the interim for reasons of security.
	www.multimanpublishing.com /pp/anvil/anvil.html (2737 words)

	Embassy of France in the US - World War II
		By September 3rd, Lyons had been liberated and on the 12th, the Allied forces from Operation Overlord and Operation "Anvil Dragoon " (The code name for the landing in Provence) met in Montbard, near Dijon in Burgundy.
		Operation "Autumn Fog," conceived by Adolf Hitler himself, began on December 16.
		The operation was risky but a fearless General Patton successfully moved the IIIrd Army to the northeast and launched a rescue mission to Mac Auliffe's 101st Airborn which was defending Bastogne.
	www.info-france-usa.org /franceus/history/histo5.asp (1374 words)

	Thompson
		In these operations, she fired starshells and practiced illumination tactics for dealing with the foreseen danger of the Schnellboote.
		Now using Wonsan, Korea, as a base, she operated to the northward, eventually sweeping Kyoto Wan deep, BO miles south of the Manchurian border.
		After post-repair trials, she conducted operations on the west coast and underwent a restricted availability at Long Beach, Calif.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/t5/thompson-ii.htm (4405 words)

	Second World War Books Review
		Decision as to the Plan to be executed, and my Operation Plan, will be promulgated at a later date.
		Some portions of some of these plans are available elsewhere, such as in the US Army official volumes, but this is a splendid compilation of so many, and such complete, planning documents.
		It might have been improved by a bit more commentary from Ross—for example, by how much did given operations diverge from the original planning (the "Victory Plan" would be a classic case), and what lessons did planners learn for future operationss?—but that is apparently beyond Ross' intended scope.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/archives/020616.shtml (1139 words)

	Vichy France
		More exactly, the majority of Free French battalions in the operation were composed of Senegalese troops who were reluctant to kill their Senegalese countrymen serving with the Vichy defenders; as a consequence, the Free French brigades earned a poor reputation with the British.
		It was transported to southern France in August 1944 and took part in operations in Provence and Alsace.
		It moved to Italy in November 1943, campaigned as far north as Florence with the French Expeditionary Corps, moved to southern France shortly after the Operation Anvil-Dragoon landings, and fought with French 1st Army from Provence to the Rhine and the Danube.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-enemy/vichy.htm (3781 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Historian Martin Blumenson concluded that the Thirty-sixth was "close to exhaustion" by the end of 1943; nevertheless, units of the Texas Division were selected to undertake one of the most difficult of all military operations: crossing a strongly defended river at night.
		General Walker had serious doubts about the Rapido operation, given the current of the river, its muddy banks and approaches, and the lack of adequate boats or bridging equipment.
		One source called the attempts to cross the Rapido between January 20 and 22, 1944, a "two-day nightmare." The attack met stout German defenses, and the T-Patchers suffered heavy casualties, including 143 killed, 663 wounded, and 875 missing, but managed to participate in the continuing Italian campaign, including the capture of Rome.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/TT/qnt3.html (1174 words)

	CHAPTER IX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		At Decamere Compound, a Quartermaster abattoir was operated by veterinary personnel who also trained the Italian civilian laborers, improvised the equipment, and foraged the countryside with trucks in search for animals that could be purchased.
		Summarizing, a critical situation existed for more than a year when there was no technical adviser to the theater surgeon on veterinary affairs, and, as will be noted later, most of the base sections had no permanently assigned veterinary officers on their medical staffs.
		Food inspection services including salvage operations were conducted at ports, quartermaster ration dumps, and cold storage installations; also, lend-lease foods for the French were inspected, as were local ice cream plants, abattoirs, and fish piers.
	history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwii/vetservicewwii/chapter9.htm (10826 words)

	[No title]
		In May 1937, the Fleet again exercised in Alaskan waters and in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands and Midway, practicing the tactics of seizing advanced base sites--a technique later to be polished to a high degree into close support and amphibious warfare doctrines.
		The bitter cold, wind, and snow and the wartime operations seemed similar--the latter in the form of daily patrols, unceasingly vigilant for any signs of the "enemy." TUSCALOOSA and WICHITA "stripped ship" for war, removing accumulated coats of paint and other inflammable and nonessential items before they set out for sea on 5 November.
		Returning to Ulithi after the Iwo Jima operation, she spent four hectic days replenishing stores, ammunition, and fuel in preparation for the next operation--Okinawa, at the end of the chain of Japanese home islands.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/cruisers/ca37.txt (5300 words)

	C-47/R4D Units of the ETO and MTO Book Review by Rodger Kelly (Osprey Publishing)
		Informative operational history of the type; logically and chronologically laid out; clear and relevant photos; logical structure; attractive illustrations.
		The text is a mixture of the "overall picture" and first hand accounts by the people actually who took part in the operations.
		The captions to these colour profiles are contained on four pages with the introduction page carrying notes on the general camouflage scheme worn by the C-47 as well as colours/markings worn for specific operations.
	misc.kitreview.com /bookreviews/c47bookreviewrk_1.htm (561 words)

	The American Thinker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		LT Fairbanks went on to help with the training and to become Beach Jumper planning officer for Mediterranean operations: an actor devising and staging what might be viewed as martial theater for the (negative) benefit of an enemy audience.
		Meanwhile BJ Unit 4, with the Adriatic Special Operations Group, along with a section of ARB Squadron One, was conducting missions with British commandos and the OSS in support of Tito’s partisans.
		In the Pacific, BJ Units 6 and 7 operated from PT Boats and a new platform — 160’ infantry landing craft.
	www.americanthinker.com /articles_print.php?article_id=3675 (566 words)

	DD-627 DANFS
		Transferred to the operational command of Destroyers, Pacific Fleet, with the abolition of the Pacific Fleet Minecraft command, Thompson operated out of San Diego as a destroyer until 29 April 1948, when she returned again to Mare Island for a two- month overhaul.
		Thompson and three of her sister fast-minesweepers then became Mine Squadron (MineRon) One and were assigned to the General Line School at Monterey, Calif. They alternated in these operations between Monterey and San Diego for the remainder of 1949.
		Now using Wonsan, Korea, as a base, she operated to the northward, eventually sweeping Kyoto Wan deep, 60 miles south of the Manchurian border.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd627txt.htm (3884 words)

	THE DECOY PARATROOPER DUMMY HISTORY SITE !
		The paradummy operation was code-named "Titanic" and involved dropping hundreds of paradummies along the French coast to confuse and deceive the Germans as to where the actual Allied Airborne drops would occur.
		The Titanic operation worked well and actually caused a good number of German troops to spread out away from the real landing areas, and also caused much confusion and doubt amongst German commanders who were then completely unsure if there was in fact an attack happening or not.
		Also, there have been other declassified documents found that discuss paradummy operations on D-Day June 6th which mention the "dummy paratroops" as being "model men made of sandbags, approximately one third the size of a nromal man." These were obviously the burlap Ruperts.
	home.att.net /~1.elliott/paratrooperdummyhistorysite.html (4648 words)

	Brief History - USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - WWII heavy cruiser
		En route, the President witnessed salvage operations in progress on the sunken SQUALUS (SS-192) which had stayed down after a test dive on 24 May 1939.
		During the operation, Tuscaloosa was narrowly missed by torpedoes from a Vichy submarine and shells from the soon-to-be-sunk French Battleship JEAN BART.
		During the operation, she fired at numerous targets including those sent by her spotter planes and by Army fire control parties.
	home.earthlink.net /~keylimepie/hist_tusc_short.htm (1399 words)

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