Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1st8 August 1944
Orders an airborne division to Gace to close the ring around the main German forces
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Orders an airborne division to Gace to close the ring around the main German forces
Orders the Canadians to close the gap between the 1st Canadian & 3rd US Army
The Poles & Americans meet & seal the Falaise pocket, ends the Normandy Campaign
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