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    Falaise (French pronunciation: [falɛz] ) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. Communes of the Ardennes department "Répertoire national...
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  • Look up falaise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Falaise may refer to: Falaise, Ardennes, commune in France Falaise, Calvados, commune in France The...
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    The Falaise pocket or battle of the Falaise pocket (German: Kessel von Falaise; 12–21 August 1944) was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy...
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    casualties during the Battle of the Falaise Pocket. In December 1944, the division was committed against the US Army in the Ardennes offensive. After the operation's...
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    Eisenach, Germany, since 1991 Sedan, Kansas Communes of the Ardennes department CS Sedan Ardennes, football club based in Sedan French Towns and Lands of...
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  • Villy may refer to the following places: in France: Villy, Ardennes, in the Ardennes département Villy, Yonne, in the Yonne département Villy Bocage,...
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    I SS Panzer Corps, the Ardennes and Eastern Front 1944–45: The Story of the 1st and 12th SS Panzer Divisions in the Ardennes and on the Eastern Front...
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    heavy losses and eventually finding many of its divisions trapped in the Falaise Pocket. After the shattered remnants of the panzer group escaped from the...
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    the location of a bloody engagement in the final stages of the Battle of Falaise in the Normandy Campaign during the Second World War. By late summer 1944...
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    success by driving south, to capture the high ground north of the city of Falaise. The goal was to collapse the German front and cut off the retreat of German...
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    The operation was to capture the tactically important French town of Falaise and then the smaller towns of Trun and Chambois. This operation was undertaken...
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    out in the Falaise Pocket. Abandoning what remained of their heavy equipment, shattered remnants of the 7th Army escaped from the Falaise Pocket and retreated...
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    August, which finally took Falaise on 17 August. In view of the slow Canadian advance, Patton requested permission to take Falaise, but was refused by Bradley...
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    Normandy landings, the Battle of Normandy, and was later trapped in the Falaise Pocket following Operation Cobra, Operation Bluecoat, Operations Totalize...
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    on 7 August left 50,000 soldiers of the German 7th Army trapped in the Falaise pocket by 19 August. The Allies launched a second invasion from the Mediterranean...
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    Plomion. The Ardennes Offensive (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive launched through the forested Ardennes Mountains region...
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    was sent to Normandy from Beauvais after D-Day, and on June 10 it was in Falaise; the next day, it was about 10 kilometers from Caen. The unit was part...
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    through the Ardennes and into Luxembourg, leaving their defensive line lightly reinforced. Between September and 16 December, the Ardennes Forest was the...
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    pronunciation: [ʃaʁləvil mezjɛʁ] ) is a commune of northern France, capital of the Ardennes department, Grand Est. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of...
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    Normandy in World War II. Prior to the battle, a pocket had formed around Falaise, Calvados, where the German Army Group B, with the 7th Army and the Fifth...
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    (1944). It fought in Normandy and was almost completely destroyed in the Falaise Pocket (1944). It was rebuilt once more and fought in the Battle of the...
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    60 per cent casualty rate. The Canadian forces began their advance on Falaise, planning to meet up with the Americans with the goal of encircling and...
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    This is a commune in the Ardennes department of northern France. Communes of the Ardennes department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv...
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    Kamenets-Podolsky pocket, the Normandy battles, Operation Market Garden, the Ardennes Offensive and Operation Spring Awakening. The division surrendered to the...
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    [dəvil]) is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. Communes of the Ardennes department "Répertoire national...
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    married firstly at Calvados, Falaise, on 6 June 1974 to Martinus Jan Petrus Vermooten (Utrecht, 16 September 1939 – Falaise, 29 August 1978), without issue...
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    Mouzon (French pronunciation: [muzɔ̃]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. It is situated on the river Meuse. On 1 January 2016...
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    role in the defense of the city. The Werfer-Brigade 7 escaped from the Falaise Pocket with heavy losses in August. In November it was reorganized in Prüm...
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    that trapped the Germans in the Falaise Pocket. Two SFR squadrons and their battalions actually entered the town of Falaise on 16 August. By 21 August, SFR...
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    in the Ardennes department in northern France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune Termes was merged into Grandpré. Communes of the Ardennes department...
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