Battle of Chambois

Battle of Chambois
Part of Operation Overlord, World War II

US and Polish officers after the junction of the US and Polish forces at Chambois
Date18–20 August 1944
Location
Chambois, France
48°48′21″N 00°06′22″E / 48.80583°N 0.10611°E / 48.80583; 0.10611
Result

Allied victory

Belligerents
United States United States
 Canada
Poland Poland		  Germany
Commanders and leaders
United States George S. Patton
Canada Harry Crerar
Poland Stanisław Maczek		 Nazi Germany Walter Model
Nazi Germany Paul Hausser (WIA)
Units involved
90th Infantry Division
1st Armoured Division		 116th Panzer Division
7th Army

The Battle of Chambois was an August 1944 battle during the Battle of Normandy in World War II. Prior to the battle, a pocket had formed around Falaise, Calvados, where the German Army Group B, with the 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army (formerly Panzergruppe West) were encircled by the Western Allies. The seizure of Chambois by American, Canadian and Polish forces saw the final closure of the Falaise Pocket on August 21, 1944 and the destruction of most of Army Group B.