Falaise Pocket

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend
gptkbp:aftermath	German retreat to the Seine
gptkbp:combatants	gptkb:German_forces gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkbp:date	August 1944
gptkbp:followed_by	gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkbp:geographical_feature	gptkb:Falaise
gptkbp:historical_event	gptkb:Battle_of_Falaise
gptkbp:historical_significance	marked the collapse of German defenses in France
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Falaise Pocket
gptkbp:impact	accelerated end of the war in Europe
gptkbp:is_involved_in	gptkb:British_forces gptkb:Polish_forces gptkb:American_forces Canadian forces
gptkbp:key_figures	gptkb:General_Hans_von_Salmuth gptkb:General_Alfred_Jodl gptkb:General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:General_George_S._Patton gptkb:General_Heinz_Guderian gptkb:General_Wilhelm_Keitel gptkb:General_Hermann_Hoth gptkb:General_Paul_von_Lettow-Vorbeck gptkb:General_Hans_von_Kluge gptkb:General_Hans_Krebs gptkb:General_Alfred_von_Schlieffen gptkb:General_Georg_von_Scharnhorst gptkb:General_Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst gptkb:General_Karl_von_Clausewitz gptkb:General_Kurt_von_Tippelskirch gptkb:General_Wilhelm_Mohnke gptkb:General_Wilhelm_von_Bismarck gptkb:General_Hermann_Balck gptkb:General_Karl_von_der_Heydte gptkb:Field_Marshal_Erwin_Rommel gptkb:General_Erich_Ludendorff gptkb:General_Otto_von_Bismarck gptkb:General_Friedrich_Dollmann gptkb:General_Friedrich_von_Bernhardi gptkb:General_Hans_von_Seeckt gptkb:General_Helmuth_von_Moltke gptkb:General_Johannes_Blaskowitz gptkb:General_Omar_Bradley gptkb:General_Erich_von_Manstein gptkb:General_Paul_von_Hindenburg gptkb:General_Bernard_Montgomery gptkb:General_Walter_Model gptkb:General_Georg_von_Küchler gptkb:General_Hermann_von_Kuhl gptkb:General_Wilhelm_von_Leeb gptkb:General_Friedrich_von_Paulus gptkb:General_Hans_von_Moltke gptkb:General_Hermann_Göring General Kurt Student
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy,_France
gptkbp:military_strategy	gptkb:Operation_Totalize gptkb:Operation_Tractable encirclement
gptkbp:outcome	destruction of German 7th Army
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:preceded_by	gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	decisive battle in the liberation of France