Often lost in these arguments are the actual results of this remarkable campaign. Supporters of the invasion, mostly American, point out its vital assistance to the campaign in northern France, while its detractors, mostly British, find fault for its negative influence on the difficult fight in Italy. From start to finish and long afterwards, Allied leaders hotly debated the merits of this campaign and its results. The American decision to launch Operation Dragoon against strenuous British objections changed the Anglo-American Allied relationship for the duration of the war, as the United States, long the leader in materiel production and numbers of soldiers, assumed the role of strategic senior partner.
In the end, Operation Dragoon (originally named Operation Anvil) proved to be one of the most important Allied campaigns, yet it remains one of the most controversial Allied strategic decisions. The United States Seventh Army’s invasion of the southern coast of France on 15 August 1944 is one of the least celebrated Allied combat operations of the Second World War. Operation Dragoon and the Invasion of Southern Franceįrance's Forgotten D-Day: Operation Dragoon and the Invasion of Southern France.SAARF – Special Allied Airborne Recon Force Tiger 131: The mysterious British reports The Loss of Argonaut, Amberjack, Grampus, and Triton
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