Normandy is indelible in accounts of WWII, and scribes often overlook the invasion of Southern France.
Prior to WWII, the northern shores of the Mediterranean were where titled barons of Europe and the rich or famous from America often sought refuge.
In the southern campaign, the numbers were smaller but sacrifices equally costly.
Wounds were as painful, blood flowed just as red, and corpses remained as dead as those up north.
The Southern Invasion, given the code name Dragoon, was cont.
Assaulting the riviera, 1944, paperback/Robert Underhill
