Battle of La Ciotat

Battle of La Ciotat
	Part of the Battle of the Mediterranean of World War II
	; American sailors examining battle damage to USS Endicott after the action off La Ciotat
Date	17 August 1944
Location	off La Ciotat, France, Mediterranean Sea
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United States; United Kingdom	Germany
Commanders and leaders
John D. Bulkeley	Hermann Polenz
Strength
1 destroyer; 2 gunboats; 17 PT boats	1 corvette; 1 naval yacht
Casualties and losses
United States:; 1 man wounded; 1 destroyer damaged; United Kingdom:; Unknown	169 captured; 1 corvette sunk; 1 naval yacht sunk
	One German merchant ship was sunk during the battle;

The Battle of La Ciotat was a naval engagement in August 1944 during World War II as part of Operation Dragoon. Allied forces, engaged at the main landings in Vichy France, ordered a small flotilla of American and British warships to make a feint against the port city of La Ciotat as a diversion. The Allies hoped to draw German forces away from the main landing zones at Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Saint-Tropez and Saint Raphaël. During the operation, two German warships attacked the Allied flotilla.

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