<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni ukuhlasela kwanikezwa igama eliyimfihlo elithi Operation Anvil, kodwa lashintshwa laba Operation Dragoon ngaphambi kokwehla. Ngo-March 1944, uMajor General Alexander Patch, umlawuli onolwazi kakhulu futhi onekhono, wabelwa ukuba ahole i-Seventh Army, eyathuthela eNaples, e-Italy, ngoJulayi owalandela. Ngo-15 Agasti 1944, izakhi zeSeventh Army zahlasela amabhishi aseningizimu yeFrance endaweni yaseSt. Tropez naseSt. Raphael. UPatch wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba uLieutenant General ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva. Ngomhlaka-15 Septhemba, iSikhombisa yabekwa ngaphansi kokulawulwa kwe-6th Army Group, ngaphansi kukaLieutenant General Jacob L. Devers. Iqembu Lamabutho Lesithupha lalihlanganisa neButho Lokuqala LaseFrance. Phakathi nenyanga eyodwa, iButho Lesikhombisa, ngaleso sikhathi elalisebenzisa amabutho amathathu aseMelika, amabutho amahlanu aseFrance ne-1st Airborne Task Force, lase lithuthuke ngamamayela angu-600 futhi lahlangana namabutho ama-Allied ayevela eningizimu evela eNormandy  <response>: . futhi. Kulokhu, iButho Lesikhombisa lase likhulule iMarseilles, iLyon, iToulon nayo yonke iNingizimu yeFrance. 