Battle of the Falaise pocket | |||||||
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Part of the Normandy Campaign | |||||||
Map showing the course of the battle from 8–17 August 1944 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States United Kingdom Canada Poland France | Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Bernard Montgomery Omar Bradley Harry Crerar Miles Dempsey Courtney Hodges George S. Patton Mary Coningham |
Günther von Kluge † Walter Model Paul Hausser Heinrich Eberbach | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
1st Army 3rd Army 1st Army 2nd Army 2nd Tactical Air Force |
5th Panzer Army 7th Army Panzergruppe Eberbach | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Up to 17 divisions | 14–15 divisions | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
United States: Unknown United Kingdom: Unknown Free French: Unknown Canada: 5,679 casualties[nb 1] Poland: est. 5,150 casualties in total[3] of which 2,300 for the 1st Armoured Division.[4] |
est. 60,000:
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The Falaise pocket or battle of the Falaise pocket (German: Kessel von Falaise; 12–21 August 1944) 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 (formerly Panzergruppe West), 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.
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