30 Infantry Division (USA) pivoted through Barenton
The 30th Infantry Division mopped up around Mortain, and then continued the attack to destroy German forces in the newly forming “Falaise Pocket”.
General George S.Patton’s Third Army had encircled numerous enemy troops – including survivors of the attack on Mortain – when it sped east from Avranches and hooked northwards towards Falaise.
The 30th Infantry Division pivoted through Barenton, and with the help of French civilians captured Domfort as Allied forces squeezed the entrapped Germans into a smaller and smaller area.
Near Domfort the division was pinched out by British forces crossing its front as the pocket disappeared.
The Falaise Pocket proved to be a disaster for the Germans, who lost 50,000 prisoners, in addition to tens of thousands already killed or wounded in the fighting.
The Germans who did escape lost most of their equipment in the pocket or in the pursuit.
The 30th Infantry Division pulled out of the line and displaced over 100 miles to Brezolles, positioned for another mission.