From Zetterling...

'The division (Das Reich) was not surrounded in Falaise; it counterattacked towrads the pocket to enable the surronded units to escape. On 4th September 1944 it was reported to be short of 7,000 men, but this report seems to have been made in haste, without a complete picture of the situation. Nine days later it had 12,357 officers and men. This did not include the tanks regiment. Thus it seems the division was far from destroyed after the battles in Normandy'

As for tanks, Dar Reich had only six operational of all types on the 28th August 1944...

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