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SS fight fiercely to keep the pocket open
On August 1944, the 7th German Army is being encircled. The Germans
fight hopelessly on the flanks of the pocket to enable maximum of
troops and vehicles to evacuate it. They use every natural obstacles
to delay the Allied forces progression like the river Orne; they destroy
the bridges when all german troops have crossed. The remnants of the
10th SS Panzer division put this strategy into practice, as they cross
the river at night. In the morning of 18 August, they move toward
Habloville; each hour and day gained represent more soldiers and vehicles
escaping from the encirclement. The following day the German have
to go on retreating; Habloville falls at the end of the morning.
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| HABLOVILLE
(Orne - 15 km north-west of Argentan) |
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