Falaise Gap
Heroes Remember - D-Day
Falaise Gap
Transcript
The damage that was done on the road that was going to Falaise.
The Tiffy’s with their, there was some of the Germans that were
trying to run away, get out of that trap. And they were on
a road, there were horses. The Germans used a lot of wagons
with horses. That’s probably all they had, they weren’t getting
anymore vehicles or tanks or whatever you want.
And there were tanks on the road that were knocked out, these
were German tanks. Horses, and even soldiers, German soldiers
that were caught in certain vehicle. And that for miles. Now I
know why they call it the Falaise Gap the whole thing, and
a large size army that was being caught behind there.
They were desperate, and they were using anything they could to
get out of there. And, God, vehicles were running over
everything. Until they got, army did have the Brits anyways,
bulldozers with in front, they use a tank with a blade in the front
And they, they had to use those things to clear the bloody road.
And I can just imagine people that came in later had to go up
that road, the stink must have been terrible. Because you can tell
the difference you know between an animal and a human being.
You can tell the difference between one that’s, you know, rotting
away. And that was something else that was something to think
about. And the deeper you got into this kind of thing the more
you thought about it. And the business of me thinking it was
just going to be a picnic, it sure as hell wasn’t.
Description
Mr. Champoux describes how the Germans were attempting to escape. He also describes the destruction on the road of the Falaise Gap.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 02:11
- Person Interviewed:
- Robert Arthur Champoux
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Location/Theatre:
- Europe
- Battle/Campaign:
- Falaise
- Branch:
- Army
- Units/Ship:
- 13 Platoon - Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
- Occupation:
- Machine Gunner
- Date modified: