Battle of Marseille

Battle of Marseille
Part of Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre and the European Theatre of World War II

(From left to right) André Diethelm, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert and Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie reviewing the 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment in liberated Marseille, 29 August 1944
Date21–28 August 1944
Location
Marseille, southern France
43°20′N 5°23′E / 43.33°N 5.38°E / 43.33; 5.38
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Provisional Government of the French Republic France Nazi Germany Germany
Commanders and leaders
Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert
Veli Dedi[1]
Nazi Germany Hans Schäfer
Units involved
II Corps 244th Division
Strength
French Army: 12,000 13,000
Casualties and losses
1,400[2] 2,000 killed and wounded
11,000 captured

The Battle of Marseille was an urban battle of World War II that took place August 21–28, 1944, and led to the liberation of Marseille by Free French forces under the command of General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. The groundwork was laid by the Allied invasion of southern France in Operation Dragoon on 15 August 1944 by the United States Seventh Army, with major support from the French First Army.

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