Omar Nelson Bradley7 August 1944
Orders Patton to Le Mans & the British to Falaise. Launched by Bradley to totally defeat the Germans in Normandy
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Orders Patton to Le Mans & the British to Falaise. Launched by Bradley to totally defeat the Germans in Normandy
Reaches Argentan where US & Anglo-Canadians are supposed to meet but are 25 miles away
Poles & Americans seal the Falaise pocket officially ending 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
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