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| Picture No | 10218156 |
| Date | 1944 |
| Description | The Allies meet at the closing of the 'Falaise Pocket' |
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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.
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| Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 2 September 1944, page 269 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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