Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I arahina e Clark te Fifth Army, inaianei kua iti ake i roto i te tangata, kua whakarerea e rua te US VI Corps me te French Expeditionary Corps (CEF) mo
Operation Dragoon, te whakaekenga a Allied o te tonga o Parani (i whakahe tonu a Clark), puta noa i nga pakanga huri noa i te Raina Gothic. Mo te whakaeke, ko te Fifth Army o Clark (i hangaia inaianei ko te II Corps anake me te 34th me te 85th Infantry Divisions i raro i te Major General Geoffrey Keyes, me te IV Corps me te 88th me te 91st Infantry Divisions i raro i te Major General Willis D. Crittenberger me te 1st Armored Division i roto i te rahui) i whakakahahia e te British XIII Corps, i raro i te Lieutenant General Sidney Kirkman. I pai nga waahanga tuatahi tae noa ki te tiimata o te rangi ngahuru, a, pera i te tau kua hipa, ka mutu te haere.