battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Toulon

Name: Battle of Toulon
Start: 1944-08-28
Location: Toulon, France

Battle of Toulon was a battle fought on 28 August 1944 at Toulon, in what is now France. It was part of the European Theater of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Allied victory. Recorded strength: France: 52,000 men against 18,000 men.

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Fought28 August 1944

WhereToulon, France43.122N, 5.930E

OutcomeAllied victory

BelligerentsProvisional Government of the French Republic; United StatesagainstGermany; Armenian Legion

Casualties and losses2,700 killed and woundedand1,000 killed; 17,000 captured

Part ofEuropean Theater of World War II1939 to 1945

Record

Date	28 August 1944 to 26 August 1944
Place	Toulon, France 43.122N, 5.930E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	France: 52,000 men	18,000 men
Casualties and losses	2,700 killed and wounded	1,000 killed; 17,000 captured
Commanders	Edgard de Larminat	Johannes Bäßler

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Toulon 1707, 0.3 km N
Siege of Toulon 1793, 1.2 km NW
Action of 5 November 1813 1813, 9.5 km SE
Battle of La Ciotat 1944, 27 km W
Battle of Hyères Islands 1795, 33 km SE

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1707 and 1944.

In the same war

Before: Battle of the Heligoland Bight 18 December 1939

Elsewhere in 1944

Battle of Toulon is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q15769736, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Toulon (1944), revision 1370591352, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.