Editing 2nd Canadian Division (section)

=====Operation Tractable=====
On 14 August, the First Canadian Army launched [[Operation Tractable]] with the aim of capturing Falaise and achieving a linkup with American forces in Chambois.<ref>D'Este, p. 429</ref> A daylight attack was executed after artillery provided [[smoke-screen]] cover and medium bombers softened up the German defenses.<ref name="TractableMMO">{{cite web |url=http://montormel.evl.pl/?id=67|title=Operation Tractable |publisher= Memorial Mont-Ormel|access-date=28 May 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080617070258/http://montormel.evl.pl/?id=67| archive-date= 17 June 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref> The offensive was largely successful and, although the 2nd Division was not an active participant, divisional troops entered Falaise on 16 August as the remainder of First Canadian Army moved south-east towards Trun and Chambois.<ref name="junobeach.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.junobeach.org/e/2/can-eve-rod-nor-cam-e.htm |title=Juno Beach Centre, Normandy, France |publisher= The Juno Beach Association |access-date=28 May 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080516015151/http://www.junobeach.org/e/2/can-eve-rod-nor-cam-e.htm| archive-date= 16 May 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref> By 21 August the remnants of the battered German Seventh Army had surrendered in the [[Falaise Pocket]], bringing the Battle of Normandy to a close. The German forces committed to Normandy since D-Day had been virtually annihilated—by the end of Operation Tractable, the 12th SS Panzer Division, the main adversary of the Canadians, had lost 80% of its tanks,<ref name="DEste432">D'Este, p. 432</ref> 70% of its personnel carriers,<ref name="DEste432"/> and 60% of its artillery.<ref name="DEste432"/>

Shortly afterwards, the 2nd Division moved to Foret de la Londe, along the valley of the River Seine. From 27 to 29 August, the 4th and 6th Brigades were engaged in heavy fighting against the rearguard of German forces seeking to withdraw across the Seine.<ref name="Zuehlke, p. 169"/>