Anvil had a considerable impact and accelerated the end of the war. I doubt the allies would have cleaned up the North in a few months with the Germans being able to bring reinforcements from the South. Many valuable men landed in the Provence . History and media may not have focussed on these soldiers like it was the case for D-Day, but their goals and hopes were just the same and they owe (no matter their nationality) our gratitude just as much as any other soldiers who landed in Normandy.

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