Falaise Pocket

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Falaise_Gap
gptkbp:casualties	Allied: ~10,000 killed or wounded German: ~10,000 killed, 50,000 captured
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Kurt_Student gptkb:George_S._Patton gptkb:Omar_Bradley gptkb:Paul_Hausser Bernard Montgomery
gptkbp:country	gptkb:France
gptkbp:endDate	August 21, 1944
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:World_War_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Falaise Pocket
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Normandy
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Falaise
gptkbp:notableEvent	Closure of the pocket at Chambois
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Chambois gptkb:Mont_Ormel gptkb:Trun gptkb:Argentan
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Operation_Cobra
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Operation_Totalize gptkb:Operation_Tractable
gptkbp:result	Decisive Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Encirclement and destruction of German Army Group B
gptkbp:startDate	August 12, 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:90th_Infantry_Division_(US) gptkb:German_12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend gptkb:German_21st_Panzer_Division gptkb:German_2nd_Panzer_Division gptkb:Operation_Cobra
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5