While the legions of Eddy and Hodges set up bridges in Nancy, Patton’s 3rd Army Army added a third legion, XV of General Wade Haislip’s army. Dragonfly I thought of you canvas and poster. The campaign crossed the Seine and re-entered to protect Patton’s right flank in Lorraine. During the attack in Nancy, the right flank was vacant because of the weak German resistance. But at this time, when the Sixth Army Group was heading north after landing in southern France and moving along the Swiss border to the Belfort Gap. Just before the Sixth Army Group came close to the Third Army, the German forces attacked the gap between these two units and demanded the protection of the flank become urgent. The patrol by the French Second Division, the southernmost unit of the XV Corps, met with the patrol group of the 6th Army Group on September 10 west of Dijon, creating a ring connecting forces. Allies from the North Sea to the Mediterranean.
