August 1944

Western Front

In the US 7th Army area, the 1st ABTF's 509th Parachute Battalion, followed by the 1st Battalion of the 551st Parachute Infantry, advances into Cannes without opposition and pushes on to Antibes. The 1st SSF takes Grasse with ease, seizes Valbonne and makes contact with friendly forces from the Cannes area. The 517th RCT, which has relieved elements of the 36th Division in the Fayence-Callian area, advances on the left flank of the 1st ABTF, taking St Vallier on the Route Napoléon. In the VI Corps area, the 36th Division establishes a resistance line along the Roubion River and faces south to prevent enemy movement northward. The 141st Infantry, on the right, defends the sector west from Bonlieu while the 142nd protects the left sector of the line from Bonlieu to Pré-Alps. Elements of the 111th Engineer Battalion are disposed in front of Bonlieu. Forward elements of the 3rd Division reach the Rhône at Arles.

In the French Army B's II Corps area, organized resistance in the eastern part of Toulon comes to an end, but the Germans retain the western part and the dock area. The Chapuis Group, Algerian 3rd Division, pushes well into Marseille. CC2, 1st Armored Division, relieves the US 3rd Division at Aix, Gardanne, and Rognac.