Falaise: The 15-Mile Gap That Erased Two German Armies

#ww2history #wwii #militaryhistory Falaise: The 15-Mile Gap That Erased Two German Armies On the nineteenth of August, nineteen forty-four, a Polish general stood on a hilltop in Normandy and sent one radio message to the British officer beside him. In this video: Operation Cobra blows a hole in the German line west of Saint-Lo, and Panzer Lehr is cut to seven working tanks in one afternoon Hitler orders the Mortain counterattack west while Ultra hands the Allies the plan three days early Bradley halts Patton at Argentan, and the fifteen-mile gap between the jaws stays open for three days The Polish First Armoured Division holds Hill 262, the Mace, against two SS panzer divisions trying to reopen the corridor Two German armies are struck from the order of battle, and Paris falls four days after the pocket closes Quick Facts on Falaise Pocket are pinned in the top comment. Subscribe for more untold history, and tell us what to cover next below. #WW2 #FalaisePocket #Normandy1944 #OperationTotalize #WorldWarTwo #MilitaryHistory #EasternFront