| World War II | |||||||
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| Part of Operation Dragoon | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States United Kingdom |
 Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Brigadier General Robert T. Frederick |
General Frederick Wiese | ||||||
Operation Rugby was the codename given to the airborne component of Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France that took place on 15 August, 1944.