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What if the Allies had successfully managed to trap all German forces in the Falaise Pocket in August 1944 and successfully managed to prevent any significant number from escaping? Apparently Patton's 3rd army was ordered not to cross into the British 21st army territory, despite being able to, which left a gap that something like 50k Germans escaped through. Had he been allowed to move to close the gap as the pocket was shaping up the German army in France would effectively have been annihilated. What impact would that have had on the rest of the war? Could the war have ended sooner then?
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