. . . "2 armoured divisions" . "4 infantry divisions" . "clearing the Channel Coast" . "Czechoslovakia" . . . "clear the Channel coast" . . . . . . "cleared the Channel coast" . "2 divisions" . "3 divisions" . . "Allied victory" . "United Kingdom" . . . "clearing the Channel ports" . . "the fighting in Northern France" . "controlled by the Germans" . "(in France)" . . . . "Operation Paddle" . . "Clearing the Channel Coast" . . "Clearing the Channel Coast" . . . "(in Holland)" . "unglamorous mopping up operations" . . "Poland" . "France" . "14,300 casualties" . "liberated the French coast" .