 By the evening of 21 August 1944 , the vast majority of the German forces remaining in the Falaise Pocket had surrendered . Nearly all of the strong German formations that had caused significant damage to the Canadian 1st Army throughout the Normandy campaign had been destroyed . Two panzer divisions — the Panzer Lehr and 9th SS — now existed in name only . The formidable 12th SS Panzer Division had lost 94 % of its armour , nearly all of its field @-@ guns and 70 % of its vehicles . Several German units , notably the 2nd and the 12th SS Panzer Divisions had managed to escape east toward the Seine River , albeit without most of their motorized equipment . Conservative estimates for the number of German soldiers captured in the Falaise Pocket approach 50 @,@ 000 , although some estimates put total German losses ( killed and captured ) in the Pocket as high as 200 @,@ 000 . 
