World War II: Canadian and Polish units <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tractable" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Tractable">capture</a> the strategically important town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falaise,_Calvados" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Falaise, Calvados">Falaise, Calvados</a>, France.