Kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin yakin Normandy a yakin duniya na biyu, Caen ya kasance
An sake dawo da shi daga Nazis a farkon watan Yuli, wata daya bayan saukar da Normandy, musamman ma wadanda Birtaniya I Corps a ranar 6 ga Yuni, 1944. Sojojin Birtaniya da Kanada sun yi niyyar kama garin a ranar D. Duk da haka an gudanar da su a arewacin birnin har zuwa ranar 9 ga Yuli, lokacin da wani mummunan harin bam a lokacin Operation Charnwood ya hallaka kashi 70% na birnin kuma ya kashe fararen hula 2,000 na Faransa. 'Yan Allied sun kama yankin yamma, wata daya daga baya fiye da shirin farko na Field Marshal Montgomery. A lokacin yaƙin, mazauna garin da yawa sun nemi mafaka a "Abbaye aux Hommes" ("Men's Abbey"), wanda William mai nasara ya gina shekaru 800 da suka shige. Hasumiyar Cocin Saint-Pierre, Caen da jami'ar sun lalace ta hanyar fashewar bama-bamai na Burtaniya da Kanada.