Canadians halt German escape

18th August 1944: Major Currie's famous three-day stand at St. Lambert sur Dives, closing the retreat for much larger German forces

Major David V. Currie (left, pistol in hand) of the South Alberta Regiment accepts the surrender of German troops at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France, 19 August 1944.

The 'Falaise pocket' was now approximately six miles by seven miles, into which were crammed tens of thousands of German troops trying to retreat. They were short of fuel and hundreds of vehic…