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1st Polish Armored Division |
Clearing
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Captured
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Canadian
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Polish
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Destroyed
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German
POWs
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Some of
the 50,000 German prisoners
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French
Shermans of the Leclerc Division |
German
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American
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Trophy
Pose: A group of U.S. infantrymen pose in front of a wrecked German tank while displaying a captured swastika. The infantrymen were left behind to mop-up in Chambois, France, last stronghold of the Nazis in the Falaise Gap area. August 20, 1944.
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Map
- Falaise
Gap 1944 |
Map
- August 1-13, 1944 |
German
troops with a captured American vehicle
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Destroyed
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The
central square in the town of Falaise |
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How
to win a Victoria Cross: Officers and soldiers of the 2nd Panzer Division surrender to Canadian soldiers in St.
Lambert-sur- Dives, France. Major David Currie (third from left, holding pistol) won his Victoria Cross
during this engagement
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4th
Canadian Armoured Division Universal Carrier |
Officers
directing mortar fire |
British
tanks roll forward |
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Battle
of the Falaise Gap:
The
battle of the Falaise Gap (also known as the Falaise Pocket and
Chambois Pocket) was the area between the four cities of Trun,
Argentan, Vimoutiers and Chambois near Falaise, France, in which the
remnants of the German Wehrmacht (Army) were trapped and effectively
destroyed as a fighting force.
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The
battle of the Falaise Gap marked the end of the Battle of Normandy, which started on June 6,
1944, and ended on August 22, 1944. Although perhaps 100,000 German troops succeeded in escaping the
allies due to the delay in closing the gap, they left behind 150,000 prisoners
and wounded, over 10,000 dead, and the road practically impassable due to
destroyed vehicles and bodies.
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Additional
Links:
Major
David Currie's Victoria Cross Citation:
how Major Currie was awarded the Victoria Cross in the village of St. Lambert-sur-Dives
during the Battle of the Falaise Gap
The
Falaise Gap:
an excellent page on the Falaise Gap; specifically on the role of
the Canadian Army
Sources:
1)
Library and Archives Canada
www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html
2) Wikipedia.com
www.wikipedia.com
3) Veteran's
Affairs Canada
www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general
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