World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" id="mwAWs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Dragoon">Operation Dragoon</a>: Allied forces land in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_France" id="mwAWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Southern France">southern France</a>.