A worker of the Red Cross sprays water on a veteran during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings in Provence in World War Two which helped liberate southern France, in Boulouris, France, 15 August 2019.
It’s the lesser-known D-Day, one launched two months after the Normandy landings on the other side of France, with French forces this time playing a premier role as part of Operation Dragoon
.On August 15, 1944, thousands of French soldiers set foot on home soil for the first time in years as Allied forces staged an ambitious assault on Mediterranean beaches, taking a direct hand in the fight to free Europe of Nazi Germany’s grip.
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