Operation Dragoon: The Liberation of Southern France 1944

by Anthony Tucker-Jones

Operation Dragoon, the Allied landings in the south of France in August 1944, is often seen as a sideshow supporting Operation Overlord, the crucial D-Day landings in Normandy. And often the operation is criticized as an expensive diversion of men and equipment from the struggle against the German armies in Italy. Yet, as Anthony Tucker-Jones shows in his new in-depth study, Dragoon and the subsequent Allied advance across southern France were key...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184884140X
• ISBN13: 9781848841406
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Politicized story

Be prepared for the first 100 pages hearing how Churchill was right in wanting to cancel Dragoon and how everyone else was wrong. Over and over and over again.