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Operation Totalize (also spelled "Operation Totalise" in some more recent British sources) was an offensive launched by Allied troops of the First Canadian Army during the later stages of Operation Overlord, from 8 to 13 August 1944. The intention was to break through the German defences south of Caen on the eastern flank of the Allied positions in Normandy and exploit success by driving south to capture the high ground north of the city of Falaise.

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  • Operation Totalize (also spelled "Operation Totalise" in some more recent British sources) was an offensive launched by Allied troops of the First Canadian Army during the later stages of Operation Overlord, from 8 to 13 August 1944. The intention was to break through the German defences south of Caen on the eastern flank of the Allied positions in Normandy and exploit success by driving south to capture the high ground north of the city of Falaise.
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  • Operation Totalize
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  • At least 1,256 casualtiesref|Michael Reynolds quoting StanisÅ‚aw Maczek, places the Polish losses during the operation at 656 men. Historian Terry Copp states the Canadians losses included more than 600 men dead.|group=nb
  • 146+ tanksref|Reynolds claims that the operation cost the Canadians over 80 tanks, while Maczek claims that the Polish Armoured Division lost an additional 66 tanks.|group=nb
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  • Partial Allied success
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  • 2,000 aircraft
  • 1 SS Panzer division,
  • 1 heavy tankbattalion
  • 2 armoured divisions,
  • 2 armouredbrigades
  • 3 infantry divisions,
  • 3 infantrydivisions,
  • 720 artillery pieces
  • 85,000 men
  • At least 74 tanks
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