Mémorial du Débarquement de Provence

Toulon


Near the summit of Mont Faron, Mémorial du Débarquement de Provence commemorates the Allied landings of Operation Dragoon, which took place along the coast here in August 1944. Historical displays and a film form part of this museum.


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