Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ịgbaso ihe ịga nke ọma nke Operation Dragoon na ndịda France, isi ụlọ ọrụ nke 1st Army Corps gbakọtara na Aix, France na Septemba 1, 1944, iji nye ndị agha iwu dị ka ndị agha dị n'okpuru nke French First Army. 1st Army Corps nọ ugbu a n'okpuru iwu nke Lieutenant General Émile Béthouart, onye agha nke agha 1940 na Norway na onye isi nke nyeere ndị agha ahụ aka.
Ndị Allied kwụsịrị ụgbọ mmiri ha na French North Africa na Nọvemba 1942. Maka oge fọdụrụ agha na Europe, ọtụtụ ngalaba ndị France ga-edo onwe ha n'okpuru 1st Army Corps, mana ngalaba ndị nọrọ oge kachasị na ndị agha ahụ bụ 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division (2e DIM), 9th Colonial Infantry Division (9e DIC), 4th Moroccan Mountain Division (4e DMM), na 1st Armored Division (1re DB).