Editing Operation Totalize (section)

==Aftermath==

[[File:Operation Totalize.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|[[First Canadian Army|Canadian troops]] searching [[POW|German prisoners]] during the early stages of Operation Totalize.]]
The early phases of the assault had been a great success, despite many casualties in the two Allied armoured divisions in their attempt to push towards Falaise. Formations of four divisions of the First Canadian Army held positions on Hill 195, directly north of Falaise. At the same time, Allied forces managed to inflict upwards of {{nowrap|1,500 casualties}} on the Germans. [[Major general|Major General]] [[Rod Keller]] was removed from his command of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, after having been badly wounded when his headquarters were hit by American bombs. Keller's poor performance in Totalize lost him the confidence of General Crerar and he received no further command positions for the remainder of the war. Simonds and Crerar mounted a follow-up offensive, [[Operation Tractable]], which took place between 14 and 21 August. On 21 August, the [[Falaise Pocket]] was closed when Canadian and Polish units made contact with US troops from the south, ending Commonwealth participation in the Battle of Normandy.{{sfn|Bercuson|2004|pp=230–232}}{{efn|American histories define the Battle of Normandy differently, as their forces left Normandy with Operation Cobra on 25 July, crossing into Brittany.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}}}

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