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Today in World War II History—August 24, 1944

Saturday, August 24, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
Map of Operation Dragoon: Allied landings in Southern France, 15-28 August 1944 (United States Military Academy)

Map of Operation Dragoon: Allied landings in Southern France, 15-28 August 1944 (United States Military Academy)

80 Years Ago—August 24, 1944: US Third Army crosses the Seine south of Paris.

Following an appeal by resistance-captured radio in Paris, Notre-Dame Cathedral rings its bells at 11:22 pm, for the first time since June 1940.

In southern France, US Seventh Army takes Avignon and Cannes.

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