Command of U.S. Seventh Army in the invasion of southern France

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Command of U.S. Seventh Army in the invasion of southern France was the World War II operational leadership role overseeing Allied landings and subsequent campaigns along the French Mediterranean coast in 1944.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military role ⓘ
military command position ⓘ
alliance Allies of World War II ⓘ
appliesToMilitaryUnit U.S. Seventh Army ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
goal establishment of additional Allied front in France ⓘ
liberation of southern France ⓘ
seizure of ports on the French Mediterranean coast ⓘ
support of overall Allied advance into Germany ⓘ
hasCommander Alexander Patch ⓘ
hasOperationalControlOver Allied naval support forces in western Mediterranean ⓘ
Allied tactical air forces supporting Operation Dragoon ⓘ
French Army B ⓘ
linked to: French field army

French I Corps ⓘ
French II Corps ⓘ
U.S. VI Corps ⓘ
includesParticipationOf French Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
location French Mediterranean coast ⓘ
French Riviera ⓘ
Provence ⓘ
southern France ⓘ
linked to: Southern France
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableCommander Alexander Patch ⓘ
opponent German Nineteenth Army ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf Allied invasion of southern France ⓘ
linked to: Operation Dragoon

Operation Dragoon ⓘ
rankOfCommander Lieutenant General ⓘ
relatedOperation Italian Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign

Operation Overlord ⓘ
responsibleFor advance up the Rhône Valley ⓘ
coordination of U.S. and French ground forces in southern France ⓘ
link-up with Allied forces advancing from Normandy ⓘ
planning of amphibious landings in southern France ⓘ
securing beachheads on the French Mediterranean coast ⓘ
startTime 1944-08-15 ⓘ
strategicObjective open new supply routes through Mediterranean ports ⓘ
relieve pressure on Allied forces in northern France ⓘ
subordinateTo Allied Forces Headquarters ⓘ
Mediterranean Allied Theater command ⓘ
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
temporalContext August 1944 ⓘ
second half of 1944 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations European Theater of Operations ⓘ
Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ

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Alexander Patch → notableWork → Command of U.S. Seventh Army in the invasion of southern France ⓘ