During Operation Dragoon in August 1944, Allied forces launched a deception attack against La Ciotat to make the Germans ...

The sounds of gunfire and military commands filled Phil Moore Park on Saturday as reenactors brought a World War II battle back to life. Operation Anvil recreated the Battle of Southern France, also ...

DRAGUIGNAN, France— The serene grounds of the Rhone American Cemetery served as the backdrop for a moving ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of Operation Dragoon, the pivotal Allied invasion ...

FORT MYER, Va. (Army News Service, Aug. 13, 2009) -- Thirty World War II veterans from across the country traveled to Arlington National Cemetery Aug. 5, for the first formal U.S. ceremony honoring ...

Seventy-five years ago this week, American and French forces invaded Nazi-occupied southern France in a mission that was supposed to coincide with D-Day to the north. Michigan veteran Roland Barhyte ...

August 15 marks the 70th anniversary of the Allies’ amphibious invasion of Marseilles and southern France in 1944. Though it stands as a historical footnote to the acclaimed D-Day invasion of Normandy ...

SAINT-RAPHAËL, France (CN) — Under light rainfall and gray skies, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday praised the critical role soldiers from Africa, the Antilles and Oceania played in the ...

MACEDON, N.Y. — Local musicians from the Towpath Volunteers Fife and Drum Corps are participating in the 80th anniversary of Operation Dragoon in France. Operation Dragoon was supposed to happen at ...

In March, a U.S. Army convoy rolled 1,100 miles across six countries in Europe. The convoy, which included over 500 U.S. military personnel and 120 vehicles making their way through Estonia, Latvia, ...

This Friday — Aug. 15, 2014 — marks the 70th anniversary of Operation Dragoon, the amazingly successful Allied invasion of southern France during World War II. While not as celebrated as the D-Day ...