What the records say
- When
- 17 Aug 1944
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 43.18° N, 5.61° E
- Description
- naval engagement part of Operation Dragon
- War
- World War II
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de La Ciotat”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Part of
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