Launched on Aug. 15, 1944, Operation Dragoon was a critical Allied invasion in southern France during World War II. Its objectives were to capture the ports of Toulon and Marseille, trap the German Nineteenth Army and link up with Allied forces in the north. The operation began with a large-scale airborne assault, followed by amphibious landings on the French Riviera with airlift and tactical support from Allied Air Forces. The Seventh Army, commanded by Lt. Gen. Alexander Patch, played a pivota

The **Auschwitz Death Marches** of 1944-1945 were among the final chapters of the Holocaust, marking the Nazis' attempt to cover up the atrocities they had committed as the Allies advanced across Europe. As Soviet forces closed in on Auschwitz and other concentration camps in the winter of 1944, the Nazis began evacuating the remaining prisoners, forcing them to march long distances to other camps further inside Germany, where they hoped to continue exploiting them as labor or eliminate them ent