Battle of Falaise

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Falaise

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Falaise_Pocket
gptkbp:casualties	Allied: 6,000–10,000 killed or wounded German: 10,000–15,000 killed, 40,000–50,000 captured
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Kurt_Student gptkb:George_S._Patton gptkb:Heinrich_Eberbach gptkb:Omar_Bradley gptkb:Paul_Hausser Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:endDate	21 August 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of Falaise
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Falaise,_Normandy,_France
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:German_7th_Army gptkb:Canadian_First_Army gptkb:U.S._Third_Army gptkb:Polish_1st_Armoured_Division gptkb:German_Fifth_Panzer_Army
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Normandy_campaign
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Operation_Cobra
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Encirclement and destruction of German Army Group B
gptkbp:startDate	12 August 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_West
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6