The Allies meet at the closing of the Falaise Pocket
The meeting between American troops (on right with jeep) and Canadian troops (on left with half-track) to mark the closing of the Falaise Pocket on the road between Falaise and Argentan, France, 1944. By closing the gap at Falaise, the Allied forces had completed their attempt to encircle the German Fifth Army and Seventh Panzer Army
Picture No
13731448
Media ID
45399662
Size
6104px x 3979px
(2.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Illustrated London News', 2 September 1944, page 269. Image digitally colourised using AI
Date
1944
