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Falaise Pocket Closure Coordinated

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1944

Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1st19 August 1944

Chambois · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Coordinates British, Canadian, Polish and American pressure as the Falaise pocket is closed.

Names involved

Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1st

Provenance

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