Falaise Gap

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Falaise_Pocket
gptkbp:casualties	German: 10,000–15,000 killed, 40,000–50,000 captured Allied: 10,000–18,000 killed, wounded, or missing
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces German forces
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:General_Omar_Bradley gptkb:General_George_S._Patton gptkb:Field_Marshal_Walter_Model gptkb:Field_Marshal_Bernard_Montgomery Field Marshal Günther von Kluge
gptkbp:date	August 12–21, 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Falaise Gap
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:German_7th_Army gptkb:Canadian_First_Army gptkb:U.S._Third_Army gptkb:Polish_1st_Armoured_Division gptkb:German_Fifth_Panzer_Army
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Falaise,_Calvados
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Operation_Cobra
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Operation_Totalize gptkb:Operation_Tractable
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Encirclement and destruction of German Army Group B
gptkbp:strategicImportance	Allowed Allies to close the pocket and trap German forces
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Battle_of_Falaise_Pocket gptkb:Battle_of_the_Falaise_Pocket gptkb:Falaise_Pocket
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6