Falaise Gap
Title
Falaise Gap
Description
Five photographs that show the devastation of vehicles, animals and buildings caused by the air attacks on the German forces attempting to escape through the Falaise Gap. Captioned 'Falaise "Gap" '.
#1, Horse drawn transport surrounded by litter and discarded equipment with a dead horse.
#2, Destroyed motor transport in front of a burned out building.
#3, A Panther pushed off the road in Saint Lambert-sur-Dive, Normandy, a cottage in the background.
#4, An officer sitting in a discarded motor vehicle, a damaged building in the background.
#5, German armour on its side in front of a church, L'Église, Saint-Lambert, in the village of Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive, Normandy.
#1, Horse drawn transport surrounded by litter and discarded equipment with a dead horse.
#2, Destroyed motor transport in front of a burned out building.
#3, A Panther pushed off the road in Saint Lambert-sur-Dive, Normandy, a cottage in the background.
#4, An officer sitting in a discarded motor vehicle, a damaged building in the background.
#5, German armour on its side in front of a church, L'Église, Saint-Lambert, in the village of Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive, Normandy.
Date
1944-08
Temporal Coverage
Coverage
Language
Type
Format
Five b/w photographs on three album pages
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Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
PStandivanAG17020045,PStandivanAG17020046, PStandivanAG17020047
Collection
Citation
“Falaise Gap,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 15, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/35934.