Operation Dragoon: autopsy of a battle ; the liberation of the French Riviera in August and September 1944
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| adam_text | Table
of Contents
Foreword
................................................................................8
The Glider Landings.,
Acknowledgments
...............................................................10
Introduction
..........................................................................11
..79
Saint Tropez
.........................................................................84
Casualties of the Dragoon Airborne Operation
....................88
Conclusion
...........................................................................96
Chapter
1:
The Occupation of the Maritime Alps
..........14
Collector
s
Corner
................................................................97
An Introduction to the Geography of the Maritime Alps
.....14
A Brief history of the Maritime Alps in World War II
........14
Reserve Division
148...........................................................15
Order of Battle of Reserve Division
148...............................17
The Soldiers of Reserve Division
148..................................19
Air Raids
..............................................................................26
The French Resistance
........................................................30
Accidents
.............................................................................31
German Casualties During the Occupation
...........................32
The Gestapo
.........................................................................33
The Civilians
........................................................................36
Snow White
..........................................................................39
Conclusion
...........................................................................42
Chapter
2:
The French Resistance
....................................43
Brief Introduction to the French Resistance
........................43
Joining the Resistance
..........................................................44
Life in the Maquis
................................................................45
Maquis Actions
.....................................................................45
Assassinations and Executions
.............................................53
Large-Scale Military Operations
..........................................62
Conclusion
...........................................................................64
Chapter
3:
The Operation Dragoon Parachute Drops...
65
Operation Dragoon
...............................................................65
The First Airborne Task Force
.............................................65
History of Units of Interest
...................................................66
517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team
..........................66
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
........................................66
551st Parachute Infantry Battalion
........................................67
Glider units
...........................................................................67
14
1st Infantry Regiment
........................................................67
Groupe
Naval
d Assaut de
Corse
.........................................67
First Special Service Force
...................................................68
Quality of the Allied Units
...................................................68
The Parachute Drops of August
15, 1944............................68
The Landing as Seen by the Germans
..................................76
Chapter
4:
The Unintentional Parachute Drops in the
Fayence
and Montauroux Region
....................................101
The Road Network Connecting the
Var
to the Maritime Alps
..........................................................101
Introduction to the Fayence-Montauroux Area
..................101
Reserve Division 148 s Reaction to the Invasion
...............101
A Landing Far Away from the Drop Zone
.........................102
The Ambulance Ambush
....................................................107
The
Colle Noir
Ambush
.....................................................110
Callian Battlefield Investigation
.........................................116
St Vallier
de Thiey
Battlefield Investigation
......................117
La Roche in
Fayence...........................................................120
No Man s Land
..................................................................122
Reoccupation
by the Germans
............................................128
The Montauroux Ambush
...................................................130
The Recapture of the Fayence-Montauroux Area
by the Americans
................................................................133
Office of Strategic Services Actions at la Roche
...............136
TheCasualties
.....................................................................140
Conclusion
.........................................................................143
Chapter
5:
Pathfinders and Forcemen in
Tanneron.....144
The Pathfinders of the 509th
РІВ
.........................................144
The Wounding of Lieutenant Wright
.................................149
Tanneron
Battlefield Investigation
.....................................152
Aftermath of the Liberation
...............................................152
Conclusion
.........................................................................153
Chapter
6:
The Landings in the
Estérel
Mountains and the
Battles for la Napoule and Cannes
.................................155
Geography of the Region
....................................................156
The
Groupe
Naval d Assault
de
Corse
...............................156
The Landing in the
Anthéor Cove
......................................160
The Advance East Towards Cannes
...................................165
The Sinking of Landing Ship Tank
282.............................165
The Fighting Outside la Napoule
......................................168
Estérel
Mountains Battlefield Investigation
........................175
Friendly Fire Incident near
le Tremblant,
August
20, 1944.................................................................178
The Fighting at la Napoule as Seen
from the German Side
........................................................180
The First Airborne Task Force Takes Over the Front
........188
The German Defenses at la Napoule
..................................189
The Attack of Hill
84
by the 509th
Parachute Infantry Battalion
..............................................189
The Capture of Hill
131
and of
the Village of la Napoule
....................................................198
The 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion at Hill
105.............201
The Advance to Cannes
......................................................212
Mougins Battlefield Investigation
......................................218
Entry into Cannes
...............................................................219
The Casualties
....................................................................224
Conclusion
.........................................................................227
Chapter
7:
Resistance Activities in the Cannes Region..
.228
The Liberation of the Prisoners of
the
Groupe
Naval
d Assaut de
Corse
.................................228
The Villa Montfleury Massacre
..........................................229
The Surrender of Polish Soldiers
........................................233
Daily Life Between the Landing and the Liberation
..........235
The Death of
Unteroffizier Karl Häusig.............................238
The German Withdrawal from Cannes and Antibes
...........239
Conclusion
.........................................................................242
A Word of Caution
.............................................................243
Chapter
8:
The Capture of Saint
Cézaire sur Siagne...244
The Night of the Landing
...................................................245
Occupation by the Germans
..............................................246
Office of Strategic Services Action at Saint
Cézaire
..........246
The Battle for
St
Cézaire.....................................................
250
The Aftermath of the Battle
................................................256
The American Dead
...........................................................258
The German Prisoner of War
.............................................259
The Burial of the German Dead
.........................................259
The Shaving of Women
......................................................260
Ferdinand Koblas and the Leftover Mines
.........................260
The Siagne Front as Seen by the Commander of Reserve
Grenadier
Bataillon
7........................................................262
Conclusion
.........................................................................262
Chapter
9:
The Liberation of
Grasse
and its Region
......263
Guiding the Allies
..............................................................264
Crossing the Siagne
............................................................265
Artillery Duel at Peymeinade
.............................................266
The Liberation of
Grasse
.....................................................272
Advancing to the
Loup
River
.............................................276
The 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment s advance to
the
Var
River
.......................................................................277
Conclusion
.........................................................................281
Chapter
10:
Crossing the
Loup
River at
Villeneuve-Loubet and
La Colle sur Loup
......................282
Advancing to the
Loup
River
.............................................282
August
25, 1944,
at Villeneuve-Loubet
and
la Colle sur Loup
.........................................................284
The Attack on Villeneuve-Loubet During
the Night of August 25th to 26th
..........................................288
The Capture of the
Château de Villeneuve
.........................289
The Capture of the Village of Villeneuve-Loubet
..............291
The German Counterattacks at Villeneuve-Loubet
............295
The Liberation of
la Colle sur Loup
...................................303
The German Soldiers of Reserve Grenadier
Bataillon
372
at
Villeneuve-Loubet and
la Colle sur Loup..........................
304
The Aftermath of the Fighting in Villeneuve-Loubet
........305
The German Dead at Villeneuve-Loubet
............................306
Villeneuve-Loubet Battlefield Investigation: the Exhumation
of the Mass Grave of German Soldiers
..............................308
Grenadier Alois Wiihr
.......................................................318
The Bunker on the Route
Nationale
7
at
Villeneuve-Loubet Plage
....................................................318
Conclusion
.........................................................................322
Chapter
11:
The Advance to the
Var
River
...................323
The Liberation of Cagnes
sur Mer
and
Saint Laurent
du Var
..........................................................324
The Liberation of
St
Paul
de Vence
...................................328
The Liberation of
Vence
.....................................................329
Conclusion
.........................................................................333
Chapter
12:
The Battles for
Levens
and
la Roquette sur
Var
..................................................334
The Death of Commander
Gérôme
....................................335
The Occupation of St Martin
du Var
and of the
Levens
Region
by the Resistance
................................................................337
Sapin s Patrol to Plan
du Var
.............................................340
On the Western Bank of the
Var
River
...............................340
The Germans Counterattack at
Levens
...............................343
The Germans Recapture
Levens
........................................347
The Germans Capture
la Roquette sur
Var.........................
350
The Resistance Counterattacks
Levens
..............................357
First to the
Var
River
..........................................................363
The 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment Attacks
la Roquette sur
Var.............................................................
363
Second Battalion Intelligence Situation
.............................364
The German Dead in
la Roquette sur
Var
..........................379
La Roquette sur
Var
Battlefield Investigation
....................381
Demining
the Var
River.....................................................384
Conclusion
.........................................................................385
Chapter
13:
The Resistance Rises Up in Nice
.................386
The
Ariane
Massacre
..........................................................386
A Volatile Climate
..............................................................388
The Start of the Insurrection
...............................................389
ThePréfecture
.....................................................................390
The Level Crossing
.............................................................391
The Death of Lieutenant
Wilhelm
Hansen.........................392
Telephone Games
...............................................................392
The Capture of
Oberstleutnant Hans Niedlich...................393
The Insurrection Spreads
...................................................397
Urban Warfare in Nice
.......................................................401
The Germans Evacuate Nice
..............................................408
The Execution of Civilians in
Menton
................................411
The Casualties of the Nice Insurrection
.............................413
The Arrival of the Americans
.............................................415
Conclusion
.........................................................................421
Chapter
14:
In Resistance-Controlled Territory
............422
Gourdon
.............................................................................423
Tourette
du
Chateau
............................................................425
Conclusion
.........................................................................429
Chapter
15:
Advancing to the Italian Border
.................430
The Peille Insurrection
........................................................430
The Allied Advance from August
31
to September
7,1944..........................................................433
The
55
1st Parachute Infantry Battalion s Patrol
tolaTurbie
..........................................................................433
Monaco and its Surroundings
.............................................439
The Mont Agel Fort and the Final Advance to
Menton
.....440
The Allied Advance Towards Turini
..................................447
The Advance to Col
de Braus.............................................450
Too Much to Bear
..............................................................461
Conclusion
.........................................................................462
Chapter
16:
Conclusion and a Few More Stories
..........463
Conclusion about the Allied Advance from
Augustl5toSeptember7,1944
............................................463
A Few More Stories
...........................................................465
What can I say?
.........................................................465
TheGermanSniperatColdeBraus
..................................469
Hill
1098.......................................................................469
Friendly Fire
.................................................................473
TheChampagneCampaign
............................................475
Patroling at Peira
Cava
.................................................477
Mines
.............................................................................480
ASingleDeathontheBattlefield
.....................................485
Puerto Ricans and Their Colonel at Peira
Cava
............486
TheFateoftheWounded
.................................................488
Where Have
AĽ
The Flowers gone?
..................................489
Appendices
1 )
Honor Roll of Allied Soldiers Killed in the Maritime Alps and
Eastern
Var
between August 15andSeptember7,
1944.........500
2)
Honor Roll of First Airborne Task Force Soldiers Killed in
SouthernFrance
..................................................................503
3)
Honor Roll of German Army Soldiers Killed in
the Eastern
Var
...................................................................509
4)
Honor Roll of German Army Soldiers Killed in
the Maritime Alps
..............................................................514
5)
Honor role of German Army Soldiers Killed or Buried in
Cuneo, Sanremo,
and Vinadio, Italy
..................................538
6)
Honor role of French Resistance Fighters, Gendarmes,
and Civilians Killed While Performing Patriotic Activities in
the Maritime Alps and eastern
Var
Between August
15
and
September?,
1944..............................................................540
GlossaryofAbbreviatoinsandTranslations
.........................542
Endnotes............................................................................544
Bibliography
......................................................................550
Index
..................................................................................551
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