Dragoon : Provence-August 15, 1944 : the other invasion of France

On August 15, 1944, seventy days after 'Overlord' in Normandy, Operation 'Dragoon' was launched in Provence. Three American divisions sailing from Naples landed between Cavalaire and Saint-Raphaël. They were followed from Corsica, Taranto and Oran by four French divisions, who captured the cities and ports of Toulon and Marseilles after tough fighting.
Then Americans and French rushed north, chasing the Germans, and liberated Lyons seventy days ahead of schedule. This adventure, with its long and meticulous planning, the incertitudes, the amphibious forces, the role played by Corsica, the German defenses, the guerilla fighters, the commandos, the airborne troops, the convoys and the assaults on the beaches, the capture of beachheads, ports, etc, - in which almost all of the new French ground, naval and air forces finally participated, is told here in a new way.
The well-documented story is illustrated with 50 maps and 700 photographs, mostly unpublished.