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Catalog Number:
1950.132
Location:
BOLLING, BLDG 1301
Description:
View Corsica In 1944. After the liberation of Corsica from the forces of the Third Reich in 1943, in 1944 it became a massive allied air base; in particular, groups of the 57th Bomb Wing were stationed along the east coast from Bastia in the north to Solenzara in the south. It supported the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. Corsica was also the base from which Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France in 1944, was launched.