During 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, landing craft and other amphibious vessels were used to approach likely landing areas elsewhere in southern France coast and along the Italian coast. This tied down German troops and prevented their deployment against the beachhead.[1]
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Invasion of Southern France pt2-2 1950 US Army Operation Dragoon World War II
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Invasion of Southern France pt1-2 1950 US Army Operation Dragoon World War II
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- ^ Jeffrey J. Clarke and Robert Ross Smith, Riviera to the Rhine (1993). CMH Pub 7-10, cloth, GPO S/N 008-029-00213-2; CMH Pub 7-10-1, paper, GPO S/N 008-029-00229-9. "A history of combat operations by Sixth Army Group from its landing in southern France to its crossing of the Rhine."