"The Big Picture" documentary about Operation Dragoon
during World War II involving the Allied invasion of southern France on August 15, 1944. The invasion was initiated via a parachute drop by the 1st Airborne Task Force, followed by an amphibious assault by elements of the U.S. Seventh Army, followed a day later by a force made up primarily of the French First Army. It enabled them to liberate most of France in
a timespan of only four weeks, while inflicting heavy casualties to the
German forces.
Operation Dragoon - World War II
