The Falaise Gap, Normandy, 12th - 20th August 1944 by David Pentland. (GS) COU20 As the convoy began to

As the convoy began to cross the Helmand river the waiting Taliban engaged the convoy with RPGs

201 Sqn sunk the U-Boat with depth charges in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of the entire crew

a notable encounter

April 1940 and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941

where a large number of the French Resistance were being held for questioning by the Gestapo

The Falaise Gap, Normandy, 12th - 20th August 1944 by David Pentland. (GS) COU20 As the convoy began toDHM958GS. The Falaise Gap, Normandy, 12th 20th August 1944 by David Pentland. After almost two months of continuous fighting in the front line, remnants of the 12th SS Panzer Division, Hitler Jugend, fall back under incessant air attacks by allied fighter bombers for their final battles in France. In their defense of the northern flank of what is to become the Falaise Gap the new Jagdpanzer IV in particular is to prove a formidable foe to the