The Third Army simultaneously attacked west into Brittany, south, east toward the Seine, and north, assisting in trapping several hundred thousand German soldiers in the Falaise Pocket between Falaise and Argentan.
O 3º Exército atacou de forma simultánea o oeste cara a Bretaña, o sur, o leste cara ó Sena e o norte, axudando a atrapar varios centos de miles de soldados alemáns na Bolsa de Falaise, entre Falaise e Argentan.