[1] British Prime Minister Winston Churchill strenuously objected to the invasion of Southern France, strongly preferring an operation in the Adriatic Sea.
[5] In the Alpha and Delta areas, Allied air assault and naval bombardment had either destroyed the German gun emplacements or driven their crews to abandon them.
Task Force 84[15] Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry in Coast Guard cutter Duane Landings near St. Maxime, 15 August 45th Infantry "Thunderbird" Division Major General William W. Eagles Organic units 45th Infantry Division Beach Group
Task Force 85[16] Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers in amphibious force flagship Biscayne Landings at St. Raphael, 15 August 36th Infantry "Arrowhead" Division Major General John E. Dahlquist Organic units 36th Infantry Division Beach Group
Task Force 87[17] Rear Admiral Spencer S. Lewis Major General John K. Cannon Brigadier General Gordon P. Saville[18] Air Vice-Marshal Hugh Pughe Lloyd[19] 63rd Fighter Wing Brigadier General Paul L. Williams[20] Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz Kommandierender Admiral der französische Südküste
Allied LSTs loading in Naples in preparation for Operation Dragoon
Lt. Gen. Alexander McC. Patch
Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. as a lieutenant general
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Vice Adm. H. Kent Hewitt, USN
Vice Admiral Hewitt's flagship
Catoctin
off Southern France
Thomas H. Troubridge, RN
HMS
Attacker
and
Khedive
, just prior to Operation Dragoon, 7 August 1944
Hunt-class destroyer
Aldenham
at anchor
Destroyer escort
Tatum
underway
Corvette
Aubrietia
at anchor
Maj. Gen. Robert T. Frederick
Rear Adm. Davidson's flagship
Augusta
underway, May 1945
Destroyer
Lookout
Light cruiser
Cincinnati
John W. O'Daniel as a lieutenant general
Rear Adm. Frank J. Lowry
Light cruiser
Ajax
Fleet tug
Hopi
William W. Eagles
Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers
Battleship USS
Nevada
bombarding the French coast during Operation Dragoon