Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillDecember 1943
Proposes sending 2 Divisions to south France as a diversion to Overlord
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Proposes sending 2 Divisions to south France as a diversion to Overlord
A seabourne assault on southern France at the same time as Overlord
Operation Anvil, which is renamed Operation Dragoon, the liberation of south east France by US, Free French and British troops
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