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	British 53rd (Welsh) Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On March 26, 1917, the 53rd Division bore the brunt of the First Battle of Gaza where the three brigades, along with the 161st Brigade of the 54th Division, had to advance across exposed ground, withstanding shrapnel, machine gun and rifle fire, to capture the Turkish fortifications.
		It was part of the landing force at Normandy on June 25, 1944, where it was under XII Corps and took part in the heavy fighting in the Bocage.
		It was one of the British divisions that took part in the Battle of the Bulge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_53rd_(Welsh)_Division (385 words)

	Falaise, Calvados . William I of England . Normans . Falaise pocket . Battle of Normandy . 1944 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		The town is known for the battle of the "Falaise pocket" during the Battle of Normandy Allied reconquest of France in August 1944 in which two German armies were encircled and destroyed.
		Falaise is a commune in France commune in the Calvados département, in the Basse-Normandie administrative region in France région, in Normandy, north-western France.
		The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between the German forces occupying Western Europe and the invading American, British, and Canadian forces.
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Falaise%2C_Calvados (346 words)

	My First Amendment: Bush Lies: Falaise 1944: Death of an army (Campaign)
		The Battle of Falaise was one of the more controversial phases of the battle of Normandy and Field Marshal Montgomery was forced to relieve a number of subordinates, and the failure to close the "Falaise pocket" led to recriminations in the Allied command.
		Falaise 1944 includes five 2-D maps: the Allied frontline before the breakout battles; the breakout; Operation Bluecoat; forming the Falaise pocket; the German collapse.
		The three battle scenes by Howard Gerrard are: American tanks and infantry overrunning a German 75mm anti-tank gun, July 1944; counterattack by SS `Das Reich' division against Poles on Mount Ormel; escaping troops from German 7th Army under attack from RAF typhoons.
	www.my-first-amendment.com /index.php?c=BushLies&n=5000&i=1841766267&x=Falaise_1944_Death_of_an_army_Campaign (1067 words)

	David Vivian Currie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Vivian Currie, VC (8 July 1912 - 20 June 1986) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
		Currie was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in command of a battle group of tanks from the South Alberta Regiment, artillery, and infantry of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada at St.
		During the Battle of Falaise, Normandy, France, between August 18 - August 20, 1944, Major Currie was in command of a small mixed force of tanks, self-propelled anti-tank guns and infantry which had been ordered to cut off one of the Nazi's main escape routes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Vivian_Currie (386 words)

	European Campaigns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		After a battle of one week's duration over important industrial cities of Germany, the Luftwaffe was beaten and supremacy of the air was in Allied hands where it remained until the end of the war.
		The battle of the Falaise-Argentan pocket was a disastrous defeat for the German forces who were trying to prevent the Allies from moving eastward.
		Some of the most difficult operations of the war in western Europe occurred during the Rhineland Campaign as battles were fought in the Arnhem area, the Schelde estuary, the Huertgen Forest, the Aachen sector, the Metz and Saar regions, and the Belfort and Saverne Gaps.
	www.planetkc.com /joeroettgen/WWII/WWII_European_Campaigns.html (2430 words)

	The Falaise Pocket
		It was vital for the Canadians to obtain Falaise quickly and for Miles Dempsy’s British Army to push eastward to both Falaise and Argentan.
		Dempsey was now attacking Falaise along with the Canadians, and when it fell, Montgomery would have the Canadians meet the Americans to close the pocket.
		Despite many setbacks on the Allied side, the Falaise pocket was one of [insert file battle.txt from disk two] the bloodiest campaigns in the War.
	cghs.dadeschools.net /normandy/cobra_falaise/falaise.htm (1110 words)

	Land battles 1941-1945
		In 1945 it took part in the spring offensive in the North of Italy, in battles of Faenza and Bolonia, which was first entered by the Polish soldiers.
		It formed a part of the Canadian Corps and won fame in the battles of Falaise and Chambois (August 18 to 22, 1944) where it closed the “cauldron”, cutting off the retreating German divisions.
		The Battle of the Atlantic and the Polish navy
	www.ww2.pl /Land,battles,1941-1945,140.html (1066 words)

	Falaise pocket - tScholars.com
		During World War II, the Falaise pocket (also known as the Chambois pocket, Chambois-Montcormel pocket, Falaise-Chambois pocket and in French: Poche de Falaise) was the area between the four cities of Trun-Argentan-Vimoutiers-Chambois near Falaise, France, in which Allied forces tried to encircle and destroy the German Seventh Army and Fifth Panzer Army in August 1944.
		The initial plan was to cut off the Germans by sending the Canadians, under General Crerar, south through Falaise to meet the Americans attacking northwards to Argentan.
		Meanwhile the main focus of the US attack turned to the east, and by August 20 they had crossed the river Seine at Mantes, with Leclerc's tanks reaching the centre of Paris on August 24.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Falaise (1406 words)

	Controversy : The Valour and the Horror - Normandy
		Throughout In Desperate Battle, the fighting men of both armies are treated with respect and allowed to say their piece in an attempt to recount a complex part of a most complex campaign.
		Battle Exhaustion: Soldiers and Psychiatrists in the CanadianArmy, 1939-1945.
		Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy, 1944.
	www.valourandhorror.com /P_Reply/Normandy.php (11791 words)

	Osprey Campaign Series
		The battle witnessed costly infantry and cavalry assaults, but was won by the steadiness of Wellesley's troops and his inspiring leadership.
		The Ardennes offensive in December 1944, known to history as the "Battle of the Bulge", was the decisive campaign of the war in North-West Europe.
		ISANDLWANA 1879: The battle of Isandlwana fought on January 22, 1879, was the greatest defeat suffered by the British Army during the Victorian era.
	www.hubhobbyshop.com /press3cs.htm (5975 words)

	Montormel and Coudehard in Normandy 1944
		On 19 August 1944, the Battle of Normandy was at a turning point since the 7th German Army was nearly encircled by the Allied Forces.
		The Memorial is situated on a hill overlooking the landscape; it commemorates the fighting to close the Falaise pocket at Chambois, a map in relief and a "son et lumière" display illustrates the successive phases of the battle.
		Stele remembering the Battle of Falaise pocket, on 22 August, and the fighting of the 1st Polish Armoured Division and the 4th Canadian Armoured Division.
	www.normandie44lamemoire.com /versionanglaise/fichesvillesus/montcoudehus2.html (348 words)

	TYPHOONS AT FALAISE
		Caught in the Gap at Falaise, the battle was to be decisive.
		The effect was devastating - at the end of the ten-day battle, the 100,000 strong German force was decimated.
		Following D-Day he was involved with close support bombing attacks throughout the Battle of Normandy and operations against communications, rail and road targets, including the destruction of a German HQ.
	www.airartnw.com /typhoons.htm (628 words)

	D Day: Closing the Gap at Falaise
		Mortain was an Allied defensive battle whereas Falaise was an encirclement and an attempt to prevent the Germans from escaping out of the trap eastward.
		Eventually, the Canadians pressed south from Falaise, the Americans north from Argentan, and both sought to narrow and close the gap by reaching the road network across and beyond the Dives River, at Trun, St. Lambert, Moissy, and Chambois.
		Over the duration of the Falaise fighting, air strikes gradually moved from west of Argentan to north, to east, and finally to east of the Dives River.
	www.aero-web.org /history/wwii/d-day/15.html (946 words)

	WarMuseum.ca - Armoured Warrior - Historical Notes
		It is, however, closely based on the experiences of units of the First Canadian Army in combat with German forces in the northern part of France during late August 1944.
		This was the climax of the campaign that had begun with the Allied invasion of the Normandy beaches on the French coast of the English Channel ten weeks before, on June 6, 1944.
		This was the Falaise Gap between the Canadian, British and Polish forces coming from the north, and the US armies coming from the south.
	www.civilization.ca /cwm/armwar/history.html (928 words)

	plastic surgery Battle_of_Falaise - plastic-surgery-report.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		The initial plan was to cut off the Germans by sending the First Canadian Army, under General Crerar, south through Falaise to meet elements of the American Third Army [Patton] attacking northwards to Argentan.
		On the field the retreat had effectively been underway since the 14th, in an attempt to save what remained of the German armored divisions.
		For most of the Normandy campaign, Allied fighter-bombers of the 2nd Tactical Air Force and Ninth Air Force had controlled the skies over the battlefield, but the Germans had suffered few actual casualties since they occupied dispersed and camouflaged defensive positions and moved at night only.
	www.plastic-surgery-report.com /Battle_of_Falaise (1104 words)

	Battle of the Falaise Pocket
		A historical account of the battle including the contributions of the 1 Polish Armored Division.
		An account of the battle and the participation of the Polish First Armored Division told from the Canadian point of view.
		Another account of the battle and the participation of the Polish First Armored Division told from the Canadian point of view.
	wings.buffalo.edu /info-poland/web/history/WWII/falaise/link.shtml (158 words)

	Local area
		He was born in 1028 at Falaise to Robert II Duke of Normandy 6th and Herleva.
		This battle, which would lead to the annihilation of two German armies (the 5th and the 7th Panzer Army), is known as the Battle of the Falaise Pocket.
		Throughout the intense struggle for control of the Falaise Pocket, the Allied air forces were wreaking horrendous destruction on the Germans inside.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /robertvaughan/gite/local_area/falaise.htm (629 words)

	August 1944 Battle of the Falaise Gap museum, Falaise
		August 1944 Battle of the Falaise Gap museum, Falaise
		Falaise - August 1944 Battle of the Falaise Gap museum; Musée Aout 1944
		This museum explains the Battle of the Falaise Gap.
	www.planetware.com /falaise/august-1944-battle-of-the-falaise-gap-museum-musee-aout-1944-f-bn-aout.htm (62 words)

	ab-con1
		THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE The German attack in the Ardennes in December 1944.
		Crime in WWII - Battle of Britain Investigation - The fate of the crew of Leutnant Albert Metzger's Heinkel on a south coast beach.
		ST. MALO - The bitter battle for this French Channel port in August 1944 Cezembre - The German fortress island pulverised during the battle Preservation - Spur Battery dismantled - Terry Gander describes the move of a 9.2-inch gun from Gibraltar to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.
	www.afterthebattle.com /ab-con1.html (15029 words)

	The Battle Abbey Roll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		A scrolled tablet was hung prior to the 'Dissolution' in Battle Abbey, which reputedly held the names of the commanders at the battle.
		This roll of 315 persons is now preserved on a bronze plaque at William the Conqueror's chapel in his castle at Falaise, although many were not added in time for the unveiling.
		Falaise Castle, birthplace of William I of England, Duke of Normandy
	members.tripod.com /~midgley/battleroll.html (562 words)

	The 90th US Infantry Division "Battle Babies"
		The battles at Beau Coudray and Mont Castre (Hill 122) ranked with the toughest.
		It was the 90th's 359th Regiment that fought north and closed the Falaise Pocket by meeting the Polish forces that were fighting its' way south.
		Further progress against the Siegfried was abruptly interrupted by the German attack in the Ardennes, the Battle of the Buldge.
	users.skynet.be /advocaat.depickere/Text/90th.html (2499 words)

	Amazon.com: Fine Night for Tanks: The Road to Falaise: Books: Ken Tout (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		The front was too narrow for such a heavy attack, and it ground to a halt about ten miles from its objective, Falaise.
		It continues with other first-person stories of the attack, which are as dramatic as anything from better-known battles in WWII.
		It points up the fact that a battle may be no less enormous or horrible to its combatants for being little known.
	www.amazon.com /Fine-Night-Tanks-Road-Falaise/dp/075091730X (964 words)

	Amazon.com: The Battle of the Generals: The Untold Story of the Falaise Pocket-The Campaign That Should Have Won World ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Though several thousand German soldiers were killed, wounded and captured in the Falaise pocket, the Allied victory was disappointingly incomplete, and the war continued for another eight months.
		Martin Blumenson's The Battle of the Generals is an interesting, though never quite captivating study of the controversial Battle of the Falaise Gap, the climax of Operation Overlord in August of 1944.
		The battle of the general spells out the huge fight that existed within the allied camp during the war.
	www.amazon.com /Battle-Generals-Falaise-Pocket-Campaign/dp/0688118372 (1192 words)

	august44
		Situated in an old cheese dairy, tucked away in the bottom of a green valley at the foot of the mediaeval castle ramparts.
		Authoritatively described by Eddy Florentin, the renowned and well-respected Norman historian, The Battle of Falaise Gap is the
		Each year, to mark the anniversary of this great battle, the Tourist Office organises a bus tour with commentaries from a guide.
	www.otsifalaise.com /anglais/pagesanglais/visfal/aout44.htm (232 words)

	Restoring America Project : American History Archives : World War II, part 24
		Hitler responded to this breakout by launching a massive tank counterattack known as the Battle of Falaise which began on August 7th.
		The battle, in which each side committed ten armored divisions, encompassed over 800 square miles of French countryside.
		The battle failed to stem Patton's 3rd Army 's blitzkrieg advance toward Le Mans and Chartres.
	www.4america.com /archives/world_war_II/?day=24 (363 words)

	War material as monuments (01)
		The tank belonged to the German Kampfgruppe Peiper, a Waffen SS unit that fought in that area during the Battle of the Bulge.
		This German Tiger I tank was left by the Germans after the Battle of the Falaise pocket in France.
		The Battle of the Falaise pocket marked the end of the Battle of Normandy.
	geocities.com /Pentagon/7087/uk037.htm (645 words)

	MemeStreams \| Battle of Normandy -- The Falaise Gap
		Sixty years later, the Normandy invasion, codenamed Operation Overlord, remains the largest sea borne invasion in history, involving almost three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy in occupied France.
		The bulk of German resistance in the region was finally eliminated on August 21, with the successful closure of the Falaise Gap by Canadian and Polish troops.
		In French, that battle is referred to as "La Poche de Falaise".
	www.memestreams.net /users/elonka/blogid5565102 (208 words)

	accueil hebergement
		With 9,000 inhabitants, Falaise is the main population centre in the area.
		World War, the town was battered and damaged during the Normandy Landings campaign.
		It was at the heart of the "Battle of the Falaise Gap"
	www.otsifalaise.com /anglais/pagesanglais/visfal/visitfal.htm (118 words)

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