Falaise Pocket 1944 (Allied)

How the Allies outmaneuvered German Armies trapping them in the Falaise Pocket. Situation on 7th of August 1944: British and Canadian troops had tied down elite German formations near Caen while the entire US Third Army had broken through from Normandy to Brittany via Avranches. However, German HQ realized that by advancing just 30 km (20 miles) from Mortain to Avranches they could cut off the First and Third US Army -- as Germans had fortified all the port cities, the Allied supply logistics still relied on Normandy beaches. This was a lot to ask from weary German units, but this was the abso...