August 1944
Falaise Encirclement Strategy Intensified
Presses Allied armies to close around German forces retreating from the Normandy battlefield.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Falaise in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Presses Allied armies to close around German forces retreating from the Normandy battlefield.
Supports renewed Canadian operations intended to narrow the escape route for German forces.
Launches another operation against Falaise
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