The battle INTRODUCTION In the Introduction, discover through four distinct operations how the Allies succeeded in encircling German defenses between Argentan and Falaise. COBRA – THE AMERICAN BREAKTHROUGH BLUECOAT – BRITISH PROGRESSION LUTTICH: THE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE OF THE LAST CHANCE TOTALIZE – TRACTABLE: CANADIANS ON THE ROAD TO FALAISE POCKET The pocket explains the decisive confrontation. Series of charts allow you to follow on daily basis the evolution of the frontline and the way in which the 7th German Army was destroyed. AUGUST 16TH – 18TH, THE ENCIRCLEMENT AUGUST 19TH, 1944: THE CLOSING OF THE POCKET AUGUST 20TH: THE COUNTER-ATTACK OF 2ND SS-PANZERKORPS AUGUST 21ST: THE END OF GERMAN 7TH ARMY EPILOGUE The epilogue features the impact of the fighting in the Falaise pocket on the outcome of future allied operations against Third Reich: ten days after the capitulation of last German troops in the Dives valley, Allies were in Brussels. THE RACE TO THE SEINE THE RIDE OF PATTON AN ASSESMENT FOR THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN