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    The Battle of Toulon was an urban battle of World War II in southern France that took place August 20–26, 1944 and led to the liberation of Toulon by Free...
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  • Austrian Succession Battle of Toulon (1944), a liberation of the city by French forces following Operation Dragoon Siege of Toulon, a 1793 military operation...
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    port of Toulon is the major naval centre on France's Mediterranean coast, home of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and her battle group...
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    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...
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    direct command of the operation, dismissing Larminat. By 26 August, the remaining German units had surrendered. The battle for Toulon cost the French...
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    to leave Vichy. The Battle of Toulon began. German submarine U-188 was scuttled in Bordeaux to prevent capture by the Allies, one of five U-boats lost that...
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    247 dead, Toulon 24 November 1943, 450 dead) Lille 9–10 April 1944, 450 dead, Rouen 18–19 April 1944, 900 dead, Noisy-le-Sec 18–19 April 1944, 464 dead...
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  • begins operation, supplying tons of materiel to Allied forces in France. 26 August Toulon liberated in Battle of Toulon (1944). Ordonnance instituting Indignité...
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    9th Colonial Infantry Division (category Infantry divisions of France)
    August 1944, the division liberated Toulon after heavy fighting. The Division the took part in the Liberation of France advancing towards the Alsace....
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  • Johannes Bäßler (category 1944 deaths)
    mid-August 1944, Bäßler and his division were ordered to hold the city of Toulon. The division resisted the french forces in the Battle of Toulon for ten...
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    The scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon was orchestrated by Vichy France on 27 November 1942 to prevent Nazi German forces from seizing it. After...
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  • W X Y Z Battle of 73 Easting – 1991 – Gulf War Battle of Aachen – 1944 – World War II Battle of Abensberg – 1809 – Napoleonic Wars Battle of Abbeville...
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    French submarine Galatée (Q132) (category World War II warships scuttled at Toulon)
    provide a reserve of equipment, and the handover took place on 4 July 1944. On 5 July 1944, an Allied air raid sank Galatée at Toulon. Galatée was refloated...
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  • – Battle of Toulon (1707). 1720 – Plague. 1738 – Porte du Musée de la Marine (Toulon) [fr] (gate) built. 1744 – February: Battle of Toulon fought near...
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    seen little fighting during the Battle of France and was mostly intact. By tonnage, about 40 per cent was in Toulon, near Marseilles, 40 per cent in...
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  • following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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  • Retro Puppet Master (category Films set in 1944)
    in 2022. The film begins in 1944, Switzerland, taking place after the events of Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge. Toulon and his little friends are...
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  • Operation Dragoon was the Allied invasion of southern France on 15 August 1944. The invasion took place between Toulon and Cannes. During the planning stages...
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  • Hausser during the Third Battle of Kharkov and the Battle of Kursk in 1943 and by Wilhelm Bittrich on the Western Front in 1944. The II SS Panzer Corps...
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  • Le Hardi-class destroyer (category World War II destroyers of France)
    were scuttled in Toulon when the Germans occupied Vichy France in November 1942. The Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) salvaged most of them during 1943...
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    ended on 15 September 1944, and concluded with the opening of the German Ardennes counteroffensive, better known as the Battle of the Bulge. German forces...
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    French submarine Sirène (Q123) (category World War II warships scuttled at Toulon)
    could serve as a source of spare parts and equipment. Sirène was sunk again in an Allied air raid on Toulon on 22 June 1944. Refloated in June 1945,...
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  • French submarine Thétis (category World War II warships scuttled at Toulon)
    1927. While she was fitting out at Toulon, France, a compressed air tank exploded aboard her on the afternoon of 7 March 1929, seriously injuring a crewman...
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  • Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon Service du travail obligatoire - the provision of French citizens as forced labour in Germany Axis occupation of France:...
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    Aigle-class destroyer (category World War II destroyers of France)
    scuttled at Toulon, but Vautour was raised again and sunk during an air raid on 4 February 1944. Cernuschi, Enrico & O'Hara, Vincent P. (2013). "Toulon: The...
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  • French submarine La Sultane (Q177) (category Maritime incidents in May 1944)
    depart Toulon on 18 June 1940 bound for French North Africa, but the departure never took place and all nine submarines remained at Toulon. The Battle of France...
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  • engagements against the French Navy, at Toulon in 1793 and at Genoa where she suffered severe damage and won a battle honour. While returning home in tow...
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    The Battle of La Ciotat was a naval engagement in August 1944 during World War II as part of Operation Dragoon. Allied forces, engaged at the main landings...
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    with only minimal activity, excluding the Battle of Britain and The Blitz, between 25 June 1940 to 6 June 1944 Ellis provides no figure for Danish casualties...
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    3rd Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment (category Tirailleurs regiments of France)
    inscriptions: "Abruzzes 1944" and "Rome 1944" on its colours. Disembarked at Provence on August 15, 1944, the 3e DIA entered first to Toulon, participated to...
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