Cavalaire-sur-Mer

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Cavalaire-sur-Mer, in the Var département, is considered part of the French Riviera.

History

During World War II, on August 15, 1944, it was one of the sites of a beach landing in Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of southern France.

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