Falaise Pocket
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The Falaise pocket or battle of the Falaise pocket was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. Allied forces formed a pocket around Falaise, Calvados, in which German Army Group B, consisting of the 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army, were encircled by the Western Allies. The battle resulted in the destruction of most of Army Group B west of the Seine, which opened the way to Paris and the Franco-German border.
1944
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Battle of the Falaise Pocket; Falaise Gap
Canada,
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Location: 48.8928, -0.1919, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
11 places
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1944-08-12T00:00:00Z
1944-08-21T00:00:00Z
1944 Falaise Pocket
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Falaise Pocket map
Canadian soldiers at Falaise town entrance
American armoured forces race through Ballon
Yank infantrymen in Chambois
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B9668
Three French boys looking at a knocked-out German Panther tank in the Falaise pocket, Normandy, 25 August 1944. B9665
21e GA
Japanese-American infantrymen of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team hike up a muddy French road in the Chambois Sector, France, in late 1944. (Army Center for Military History file photo)
Alençon 1
Polscy żołnierze 1 Dywizji Pancernej w Normandii w 1944- PFC Norton Back in Line - news article, English, 1944
- Norton Fighting With 90th Division - news article, 1944
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1047 | Battle of Val-ès-Dunes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Attack on Panzer Group West's headquarters at La Caine | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Second Battle of the Odon | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Verrières Ridge | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle for Hill 140 | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Falaise Pocket | Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, Free France, battle, Polish Armed Forces in the West | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Chambois | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Corridor of Death | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1135 | The Anarchy | civil war, Kingdom of England, war of succession | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Coudehard-Montormel Memorial | military museum, military cemetery | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | 1400 | Tour Marguerite | fortified tower | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Falaise Pocket map | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Canadian soldiers at Falaise town entrance | Commons | ||
| commons | image | American armoured forces race through Ballon | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Yank infantrymen in Chambois | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B9668 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Three French boys looking at a knocked-out German Panther tank in the Falaise pocket, Normandy, 25 August 1944. B9665 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 21e GA | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Japanese-American infantrymen of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team hike up a muddy French road in the Chambois Sector, France, in late 1944. (Army Center for Military History file photo) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Alençon 1 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Polscy żołnierze 1 Dywizji Pancernej w Normandii w 1944 | Commons | ||
