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“77Th Anniversary of Operation Dragoon—1944” “77th Anniversary Of Operation Dragoon—1944” Don’t Miss South of France— MHT’s WWII Marseille—rhÔne valley Tour of the South of 12 — 20 AUGust 2021 France! The Rhône American Cemetery and Memorial Marseille Port Today Marseille Port 1944 Landing Beach Near Saint-Raphaël 1944 A Vacation Beach Today 13198 Centerpointe way, ste 202 woodbridge, Va 22193 703-590-1295 * FAX 703 509-1292 [email protected] * www.miltours.com Military His- torical Tours is pleased to offer this very special tour of Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) that was the code name for the Al- lied invasion of Southern France on 15 August 1944. The opera- tion was initially to take place in con- junction with Op- eration Overlord, the Allied landing in Normandy, but a lack of resources led to cancellation of the second land- ing. By July 1944, the landing was reconsidered, as the ports of Nor- mandy did not have the capacity to supply Allied forces adequately. Concurrently, the French High Command pushed for a re- vival of the operation that would include large numbers of French troops. As a result, the operation was finally approved in July to be executed in August. The goal of the operation was to secure vital ports on the French Mediterranean coast and increase pressure on German forces by opening a second front. After some preliminary commando operations, including the British 2nd Para's landing behind enemy lines to secure vital transport links, the US VI Corps landed on the beaches of the Côte d'Azur under the cover of a large naval task force, followed by several divisions of the French Army B. They were opposed by the scattered forces of the German Army Group G, weakened by the relocation of its divisions to other fronts and the replace- Tour Price: $ 3,700 ment of its soldiers with third-rate Ostlegionen outfitted with obsolete Based on double Occupancy equipment. Single Supplement: $ 800 We join our tour partner Valor Tours over eight days, the tour traces the Tour Price Includes: campaign all the way to the Vosges Mountains. We welcome your calls * (703-590-1295 M-F 10AM-6PM) or e-mails—we hope to hear from you! 4 Star Hotel Accommodations * Air-conditioned deluxe motorcoach * Meals as indicated in itinerary * Arrival & Departure Transfers * Battlefield information packet, con- taining maps & other tour information * Admission fees to all sites, museums and special attractions listed * Services of experienced Tour Leader and English-speaking local guides. Airfare Not Included: Get your own or Book Optional MHT Air- fare: Round-trip economy or busi- ness class airfare from your home U.S. M-10 moving through a town in the South of France price quoted upon registration! Daily Itinerary Visit to various sites on the Montelimar Battlefield. The battle around Mon- (Day 1) Thur 12 Aug — Departure telimar saw the heaviest fighting of the Evening flight to Marseille for arrival northerly advance. On the night of 17 on 10 August. August, the German High Command (Day 2) Fri 13 Aug — Marseille ordered General Blaskowitz’s Army Welcome to our Operation Dragoon Group G to evacuate southern France. tour, check into our hotel in the city German forces then began to move to center for dinner and overnight. Hotel: the northeast. To cut off the Germans ibis Marseille Centre Gare Saint- and capture as many as possible, VI Charles (Meal: Dinner (D)) Corps commander Major General Truscott organized a mobile task force (Day 3) Sat 14 Aug — Marseille under his chief of staff, Brig. General While in Marseille we will visit the German 88mm Anti-Aircraft Butler, on 17 August. Its job was to Commonwealth War Cemetery, the Gun on the French Riviera drive north, link up with the French Re- world famous Foreign Legion Museum sistance, and try to cut off General Frie- at Aubagne, German U Boat bunker “Martha” and the drich Paul Wiese’s retreating German Nineteenth Army. Tank Memorial at Notre-Dame De La Garde. Overnight Overnight in Lyon or Montelimar. (B/D) in Marseille. Hotel: ibis Marseille Centre Gare Saint- Charles (Breakfast (B)/D) (Day 7) Wed 18 Aug — Vosges Mountains Visit the Colmar Pocket and Vosges Mountains battle- (Day 4) Sun 15 Aug — St Tropez fields. Here learn of the dramatic story of the “Lost Bat- Today we visit the landing beaches and Memorials at St talion” and the Tropez where the 45th Infantry Division landed, Cava- 442nd Regtimental laire su Mer and St. Raphael where the 3rd and 36th Inf. Combat Team as Divisions landed. The landings were an overwhelming we visit Biffon- success. On Delta and Alpha beaches, German resistance taine. A German was low. The allied units in this sector were able to link bridgehead on the up with Paratroopers very quickly and succeeded in cap- west bank of the turing the nearby towns. Only on Camel Beach did the Rhine 40 miles Germans put up some serious resistance. This beach was long and 30 miles secured by several well emplaced coastal guns as well as deep was formed in several flak batteries. German artillery formed the main November 1944 opposition and some bunkers provided heavy resistance. when the German The most serious fighting was on Camel Red Beach at defenses in the the town of St-Raphael. A bomb run of 90 Allied B-24 Vosges Mountains bombers were used against a German strongpoint here. collapsed under the But even with the assistance of naval fire, the Allies pressure of an of- were not able to bring the landing ships close to the fensive by the U.S. beach. They decided to avoid Camel Red and land only 6th Army. The at Camel Blue and Camel Green, which was successful. French First Army Overnight in St. Raphael. (B/D) Memorial for the Allied troops of would force the the 7th Army under Lt. General (Day 5) Mon 16 Aug — Draguignan Belfort Gap and Alexander Patch on the beach of Visit to Le Muy crossroads and museum; a vital inland destroyed the Ger- St Tropez, France. Patch started crossroads captured by paratroopers who paved the way man IV Luftwaffe WWII in the Pacific commanding for the advance inland. Le Motte, the first town in Korps near the the XIV Corps on Guadalcanal. Southern France to be liberated and the American War town of Burnhaupt Cemetery at Draguignan. Overnight in Draguignan. (B/ in the southern Vosges mountains. Soon after, French D) Forces reached the Rhine in the region north of the (Day 6) Tue 17 Aug — Montelimar Swiss border between Mulhouse and Basel. Likewise, in the northern Vosges, the French 2nd Armored Division spearheaded a U.S. Seventh Army advance, forced the Saverne Gap, and drove to the Rhine, liberating Strasbourg on 23 November 1944. The effect of these two advanc- es was to collapse the German pres- ence in southern Alsace west of the Rhine to a semi-circular-shaped bridgehead centered on the town on the town of Colmar Audie Murphy Memorial that came to be known as the Colmar Pocket. Overnight in Holzwihr. (B/D) (Day 8) Thur 19 Aug — Colmar Pocket Visits to the Audie Murphy Medal of Honor battle site, the Colmar Pocket Memorial and various points of in- terest, including the original Statue of Liberty. Over- night in Strasbourg. (B/D) (Day 9) Fri 20 Aug — Departure Transfer to the Stras- bourg air- port for your flight home or jump on the train to Par- is, Munich or Zurich for some more Euro- pean fun. (B) Dragoon of Operation Operation of Anniversary Anniversary 2021 77th 77th 2021 5285 - 22193 Va woodbridge, Memorial and Cemetery American Rhône The 202 Ste way, Centerpointe 13198.
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