However, military historian Anthony Tucker-Jones has now claimed Operation Dragoon was a futile exercise that later allowed Stalin to take over Eastern Europe. he deemed it ultimately pointlessMr Tucker-Jones said: 'However you look at it, in strategic terms Dragoon was a nugatory exercise. But both Eisenhower and Joseph Stalin backed Operation Dragoon, which came just five weeks after the crucial Normandy Landings. Eisenhower and Churchill had blazing rows over Operation Dragoon and at one point the British PM threatened to resign, possibly collapsing the UK government. Operation Dragoon saw around 17,000 men lost or wounded while killing around 7,000 Germans and capturing a further 130,000.

Source: Daily Mail June 11, 2019 10:17 UTC