Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Clark akatungamirira Fifth Army, zvino yakaderedzwa zvikuru muvarume, achirega zvose zviri zviviri US VI Corps neFrench Expeditionary Corps (CEF) nokuda kwe
Operation Dragoon, kupindirwa kweAllied kweSouthern France (iyo Clark yaigara ichipikisa), muhondo dzese dzakatenderedza Gothic Line. Nokuda kwekurwiswa, Clark's Fifth Army (zvino inoumbwa chete ne II Corps <unk> ne 34th uye 85th Infantry Divisions <unk> pasi peMajor General Geoffrey Keyes, uye IV Corps <unk> ne 88th uye 91st Infantry Divisions <unk> pasi peMajor General Willis D. Crittenberger uye 1st Armored Division mu reserve) yakasimbiswa neBritish XIII Corps, pasi peLieutenant General Sidney Kirkman. Nhanho dzokutanga dzakafamba zvakanaka kusvikira mamiriro okunze echirimo atanga uye, sezvakaitika gore rakapfuura, kufambira mberi kwakaoma.