D-day and a considerable number of both parallel and consecutive military operations preceded the Falaise Pocket. The taking of Caen in particular turned out to be very troublesome.

This is clearly visible in the list shown below of preliminary operations which led to the Falaise Pocket eventually.

Date

6 June 1944

7-14 June 1944

25 June - 1 July 1944

4-5 July 1944

26-30 June 1944

7-9 July 1944

10-11 July 1944

18-20 July 1944

25-27 July 1944

25-31 July 1944

30 July-7Augustus 1944

8-13 Augustus 1944

14-21 Augustus 1944

Objective

=> Beachhead

=> Caen

=> Noyers

=> Carpiquet

=> Caen

=> Caen

=> Hill 112 / Caen

=> Caen

=> Verrières Ridge

=> punch Caen defense

=> Vire/Mont Pinçon

=> Caen/Falaise

=> Falaise