Maps of World War II 1939-1945

Battle of the Falaise Pocket
August 16-19, 1944

Significant military forces of the German Seventh Army were caught in the converging pincers of the Allied armies at Falaise. The relative slowness of closing the gap allowed substantial numbers of Germans to escape but only with the loss of most of their equipment. Allied fighter-bombers created havoc among the retreating Germans.