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(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 28, 1944 French women soldiers land in Marseille during the Operation Dragoon, the code name for the Allied invasion of Southern France, during the Second World War. - France will celebrate on August 15, the 75th anniversary of Operation Dragoon, the code name given for the Allied invasion during the Second World War (WWII) of Southern France on August 15, 1944, to secure ports on the French Mediterranean coast and increase pressure on the German forces by opening another front. (Photo by - / AFP)

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created date 1944-08-28

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