Battle of the Falaise Pocket

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battle military engagement

The Battle of the Falaise Pocket was a decisive August 1944 engagement in Normandy in which Allied forces encircled and destroyed much of the German Army Group B, effectively breaking German resistance in France.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Falaise Pocket 21
Battle of the Falaise Pocket canonical 14
Battle of Falaise 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Free French forces

Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
commander Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
Guy Simonds ⓘ
Harry Crerar ⓘ
Omar Bradley ⓘ
Stanisław Maczek ⓘ
conflictOf World War II ⓘ
consequence effective destruction of German 7th Army ⓘ
large German losses in men and materiel ⓘ
opening of the way for Allied advance to Paris ⓘ
retreat of German forces toward the Seine ⓘ
severe weakening of German Fifth Panzer Army ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
endDate 1944-08-21 ⓘ
GermanCommander Heinz Eberbach ⓘ
Paul Hausser ⓘ
Walter Model ⓘ
historicalSignificance decisive engagement that broke organized German resistance in France ⓘ
involvesOperation Operation Totalize ⓘ
Operation Tractable ⓘ
location France ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
namedAfter Falaise ⓘ
opponent German Army Group B ⓘ
partOf Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy campaign
place Argentan ⓘ
Chambois ⓘ
Falaise ⓘ
Seine River Basin ⓘ
surface form: Seine River region

Trun ⓘ
result breakthrough of Allied forces in France ⓘ
collapse of German front in Normandy ⓘ
decisive Allied victory ⓘ
destruction of much of German Army Group B ⓘ
encirclement of German forces ⓘ
startDate 1944-08-12 ⓘ
strategicObjective close the Falaise–Argentan gap ⓘ
encircle German forces west of the Seine ⓘ
theater Western Front ⓘ
timePeriod August 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allied Expeditionary Air Force → notableOperation → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
12th Army Group → engagement → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
21st Army Group → operation → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
Operation Lüttich → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mortain counteroffensive
Operation Lüttich → followedBy → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
Hawker Typhoon → notableOperation → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
Liberation of France → hasPart → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
Polish Armed Forces in the West → notableEngagement → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Falaise
3rd Canadian Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
British Second Army → operation → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket operations
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Falaise Pocket
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade → notableEngagement → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
21st Panzer Division → engagement → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
Retreat from Normandy → hasPart → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
Retreat from Normandy → culminatesIn → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
11th Armoured Division → participatedIn → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
XIX Corps (United States) → notableBattle → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
Polish forces → notableEngagement → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
Northwest Europe → notableBattle → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
90th Infantry Division (United States) → notableBattle → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
Operation Tractable → relatedTo → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
Battle of Normandy → includesEvent → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
Hitlerjugend Division → participatedIn → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
subject surface form: 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
116th Panzer Division → notableEngagement → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
7th Army → notableEngagement → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
Polish 1st Armoured Division → battle → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Falaise
Polish 1st Armoured Division → battle → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
Stanisław Maczek → participatedIn → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Falaise
Allied breakout from Normandy → keyBattle → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
4th Canadian Armoured Division → participatedIn → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket operations
II Canadian Corps → participatedIn → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket operations
2nd TAF → engagement → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
Falaise → knownFor → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket in 1944
Falaise → partOfBattle → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
Advance to the Seine → relatedEvent → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
Canadian II Corps → participatedIn → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket operations
Trun → historicalSignificance → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
90th Infantry Division → notableBattle → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
Call of Duty 3 → campaignLocation → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen → participatedIn → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
Polish armed forces in World War II → engagedIn → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Falaise
German 7th Army → notableEngagement → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
Chambois → historicalEvent → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Falaise Pocket
Chambois → historicalEvent → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
29th Armoured Brigade → notableEngagement → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
2nd Armored Division (United States) → participatedIn → Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ