Alleged French Cowardice at Falaise

[White_eyes:D]

Canada lost over 1/4th of it's forces on D-day and yet somehow, they were supposed to stop them all from escaping?
They made just as much progress as any other force on D-day...

The subsequent push inland towards Carpiquet and the Caen-Bayeux railway line achieved mixed results. The sheer volume of men and vehicles on the beaches created lengthy delays between the landing of the 9th Brigade and the beginning of substantive attacks to the south. The 7th Brigade encountered heavy initial opposition, before pushing south and making contact with the 50th Infantry Division at Creully. The 8th Brigade encountered heavy resistance from a battalion of the 716th at Tailleville, while the 9th Brigade deployed towards Carpiquet early in the evening. Resistance in St. Aubin prevented the Royal Marines from establishing contact with the British 3rd Division on Sword Beach. When all operations on the Anglo-Canadian front were ordered to halt at 21:00, only one unit had reached its D-Day objective. Despite this, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division had succeeded in pushing farther inland than any other landing force on D-Day.