Battle of Marseille
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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 under the command of General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. The groundwork was laid by the Allied invasion of southern France in Operation Dragoon on 15 August 1944 by the United States Seventh Army, with major support from the French First Army.
1944
Wikimedia, Wikidata
France,
Mars,
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Location: 43.33, 5.38, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
20 places
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1944-08-21T00:00:00Z
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1944 Battle of Marseille
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | Marseille commune | commune | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 48 | Battle of Marseille | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 48 | Siege of Massilia | siege, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 101 | Battle of Aquae Sextiae | battle, Cimbri, Teutons, Ancient Rome | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 413 | Siege of Massilia | Western Roman Empire, Visigoths, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1524 | Siege of Marseille | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1943 | Unknown | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Liberation of Martigues | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Marseille | battle | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | ex U-Boot-Bunker Martha | unfinished building, data center, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de Niolon | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | fort de Pomègues | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Figuerolles | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Saint Jean | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Saint Nicolas | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1527 | Château d'If | fortress | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1660 | Fort Saint-Jean | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1660 | Fort Saint-Nicolas | fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1934 | French Foreign Legion Museum | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | tower | Tour Sarrasine | fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Le colonel Georges Leblanc défile à Marseille en tête du 1er GTM après la libération de la ville en août 1944 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Liberation of Marseille, August 1944 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie, août 1944 | Commons | ||


