Greetings, all! I'm an editor on wikipedia specializing in WWI airborne articles. Now, I've worked on most of the major operations - Tonga, Varsity, Market-Garden, but I only just recently discovered that there was a fourth one that I never even knew about - the airborne component of Operation Dragoon. Having read up a little on it, and found the wikipedia page to be a disgrace, I intend on rectifying the situation and writing up what seems to me to be an important but much-forgotten airborne operation. Now, I've ordered Breur's 'Operation Dragoon' and 'Champagne Campaign', but there seems to be a distinct lack of literature on the operation. Could anyone help me out, if they know of any more books on the operation and the southern france campaign in general?
Hi there, This might be a more peripheral reading, as it gives a fair amount of attention to the role of resistance forces, but Arthur Funk's Hidden Ally might be worth looking at: 9780313279959 - Arthur L. Funk,0313279950,9780313279959,Hidden Ally: The French Resistance, Special Operations, and the Landings in Southern France, 1944,History , Military , World War II,past, recorded, century, national, international, world, war, Amazon.com: Hidden Ally: The French Resistance, Special Operations, and the Landings in Southern France, 1944 (Contributions in Military Studies): Arthur Layton Funk: Books It's also difficult to find at a reasonable price, but you might see cheaper secondhand copies around online. I don't have it anymore, but I remember finding it pretty comprehensive as well as readable. Good luck, Nigel
Cheers, the both of you. That pdf is going to be useful, I've used Warren's airborne studies from Maxwell before in other wiki articles. That book looks great Sonar, but the cheapest I can find online is £40-odd, and unfortunately that's a tad too rich for a poor old student! It seems odd to me that the last book written on this was in the early 1980s.
I'm kind of in the dark concerning the airborne portion of that operation myself. I'm going have to do some digging and I'll let you know what can be found as well. Good luck in your missions.
Thanks, that makes it even better AND easier. I have a nice reference book at home that needs dusting off that has the unit composition of the 7th Army Airborne Division that made the jump in Southern France. It was a temporary formation, made up of UK and US parachute units, with a combat narrative. RTF (report to follow).
