campaign, notable, interwar and Second World War
Operation Tractable
Operation Tractable was a campaign fought in 1944 in what is now France. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Allied victory. Recorded strength: 2 infantry divisions; 2 armoured divisions; 1 armoured brigade; 1 tank brigade against 1 SS panzer division; 2 infantry divisions.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1944 (year precision) to 1944 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | France 48.893N, 0.192W | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 2 infantry divisions; 2 armoured divisions; 1 armoured brigade; 1 tank brigade | 1 SS panzer division; 2 infantry divisions |
| Casualties and losses | Canada: 5,500 casualties; Poland: 325 killed; 1,002 wounded; 114 missing | 2,000 killed; 5,000 captured; 55 tanks destroyed; 152 armoured vehicles destroyed; 44 guns destroyed |
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Nearest engagements
- Falaise Pocket 1944, same recorded site
- Battle for Hill 140 1944, 13 km N
- Battle of Val-ès-Dunes 1047, 22 km N
- Battle of Chambois 1944, 24 km SE
- Battle of Verrières Ridge 1944, 26 km NW
In the same war
- Before: Liberation of Martigues 1944
- After: Battle of Marseille 21 August 1944
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1944
- Battle of Leyte Gulf Philippines
- Battle of the Philippine Sea Japan
- Battle of Peleliu Palau
- Operation Ichi-Go China
- Battle of Saipan United States
Operation Tractable is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,495 in present-day France.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q683912, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Tractable, revision 1370700422, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.