- Mission Dove
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For the Operation Dove involving Seán Russell, see Operation Dove (Ireland).
Prelude
1939
Phoney War – Saar – The Heligoland Bight
1940
Luxembourg – The Netherlands – (The Hague – Rotterdam – Zeeland – Rotterdam Blitz) – Belgium – (Fort Eben-Emael – Hannut – Gembloux ) – France – (Sedan – Arras – Lille – Calais – Paula – Dunkirk – Dunkirk evacuation – Italian Invasion of France) – Britain - (Adlertag - The Hardest Day - Battle of Britain Day - The Blitz) – Sea Lion
1942–1943
Cerberus and Donnerkeil – St Nazaire Raid – Dieppe Raid
1944–1945
Overlord – Dragoon – Siegfried Line – Market Garden – (Arnhem) – Hürtgen Forest – Aachen – Queen - Scheldt – Bulge – (Nordwind – Bodenplatte) – Colmar Pocket – Invasion of Germany
Strategic Campaigns
The Blitz – Defence of the Reich – Battle of AtlanticIn World War II, Mission Dove (Allies, 1944) was the glider-borne assault conducted as part of the invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon) on 15 August 1944. Over three hundred gliders carried three thousand soldiers and critical equipment to reinforce paratroopers who had already landed.
Categories:- Operation Dragoon
- World War II stubs
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