Operation Totalize

Orders Patton to Le Mans & the British to Falaise. Launched by Bradley to totally defeat the Germans in Normandy

Commands an encirclement of the German Army Group B in the Caen sector

Launches the II Canadian Corps on a renewed offensive towards Falaise

Eberbach attempted to contain the Allied breakthrough south of Caen.

Foster commanded Canadian infantry during the first phases of the attack south of Caen.

Kitching led his armoured division in the offensive south from Caen.

Maczek's division joined the armoured exploitation from the Caen sector toward Falaise.

Meyer directed German resistance against the Canadian-led offensive from Caen toward Falaise.

Simonds planned the night attack using armoured columns and heavy bombing south of Caen.

Germany's greatest tank ace of the war is killed in action

Keller was wounded when Allied bombers accidentally struck Canadian positions during Operation Totalize.

The Canadian Armys offensive stalled on August 9, with strong Wehrmacht counterattacks resulting in heavy casualties for the Canadian and Polish armoured and infantry divisions

Operation Tractable incorporated lessons learned from Operation Totalize, notably the effectiveness of mechanized infantry units and tactical bombing raids by heavy bombers. By August 10, Canadian troops had reached Hill 195, north of Falaise, they are unable to advance farther immediately and they had been unable to capture Falaise

Operation Totalize is abandoned after failure to advance along the Caen-Falaise Road

General Harry Crerar, commanding the newly formed First Canadian Army and Lieutenant General Guy Simonds of the II Canadian Corps, planned an Anglo-Canadian offensive with the code name of Operation Totalize

General Harry Crerar, commanding the newly formed First Canadian Army and Lieutenant General Guy Simonds of the II Canadian Corps, planned an Anglo-Canadian offensive with the code name of Operation Totalize

Poles & Americans seal the Falaise pocket officially ending the Normandy Campaign

The Poles & Americans meet & seal the Falaise pocket, ends the Normandy Campaign

Helps setup a "pocket" to capture Germans escaping from Normandy. Diverted by Patton to link up with the Anglo-Canadians at Argentan

Defends the Caen-Falaise road forcing the abandonment of Operation Totalize

This record states: The goal of operation Totalize is to capture the strategically important French town of Falaise, and following that, the smaller towns of Trun and Chambois.

General Harry Crerar, commanding the newly formed First Canadian Army and Lieutenant General Guy Simonds of the II Canadian Corps, planned an Anglo-Canadian offensive with the code name of Operation Totalize

The goal of operation Totalize is to capture the strategically important French town of Falaise, and following that, the smaller towns of Trun and Chambois

The goal of operation Totalize is to capture the strategically important French town of Falaise, and following that, the smaller towns of Trun and Chambois

The goal of operation Totalize is to capture the strategically important French town of Falaise, and following that, the smaller towns of Trun and Chambois