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Operation DRAGOON, kupinda muFrance yokumaodzanyemba. Mauto anotakura ndege dzeMediterranean theatre akanga adzikiswa nezvinodiwa naOVERLORD, uye XII Troop Carrier Command (Provisional) yakanga yaputswa. Zvose zvakasara zvaiva 51st Troop Carrier Wing, kunyange zvazvo nesimba rakazara zvichitevera kudzoka kwechikwata kubva kuChina Burma India Theater. General Eisenhower akabvuma kutumira 50th Troop Carrier Wing uye 53rd Troop Carrier Wing nehuwandu hwendege 416. Mukuwedzera, ndege 12 dzokuongorora dzakatumirwa, dzichiunza nadzo radar nezviratidziro zvinooneka, uye mapoka okuongorora anobva ku82nd ne101st Airborne Divisions. Ndege dzacho dzakabva kuUnited Kingdom dzichienda kuItaly dzichipfuura neGibraltar kana kuti Marrakech ndokuenda kunhandare dzendege dzakanga dzichangobva kutorwa munharaunda yeRome. Vakaunza pamwe chete navo vatyairi vengarava 225 vanobhururuka. Kupa vatyairi vechipiri nokuda kwezvikepe zvinobhururuka, vamwe 375 vakatumwa neAir Transport Command. Ndege dzinokwana 140 chete ndidzo dzakanga dziripo, asi Dhipatimendi reHondo reU.S. rakabvuma kutumira dzimwe 350 mumutsetse unotevera. Vaifanira kupiwa pokutanga chaipo kuti vabvise chiteshi chengarava chakazara cheNaples, asi panosvika 9 August, ndege dzinokwira 327 dzakanga dzagoverwa uye dzakaunganidzwa.