'Poland Fighting on the Fronts of the World War': Falaise Pocket, Normandy 1944 Gilt Metal Relief Plaque.'Poland Fighting on the Fronts of the World War'. A Gilt Metal Relief Plaque Commemorating Polish Forces Fighting in the Falaise Pocket of Normandy in August 1944. Inscribed for the 1st Armoured Division, 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade. This was a decisive battle that took place in Normandy during August 1944. The Allied forces made up of Polish, American, British, Canadian and French soldiers surrounded German Army Group B. 10,000 Germans were killed