Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An yanke hukunci yanzu ya dace ya jagoranci wani kwamiti, an zaba shi ya jagoranci XII Corps a maimakon Lieutenant-General Montagu Stopford, wanda ya kasance wani ɓangare na Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey na Birtaniya na biyu kuma an zaba shi don shiga cikin mamayewa na Normandy. An sanya Ritchie a matsayin Abokin Tsarin Bath a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1944. Tare da taimakon BGS, da farko Roy Urquhart, daga baya James Cassels, Ritchie ya jagoranci XII Corps a lokacin yakin Normandy a tsakiyar 1944 da kuma yakin da ya biyo baya a Yammacin Turai
, wanda ya ƙare a watan Mayu 1945 tare da ƙarshen yakin a Turai. Ritchie ba kamar magajinsa na takwas na Cunningham ba, ya sake samun umarni mai aiki bayan da aka sallame shi, yana nuna darajar da Brooke ya yi, Shugaban Babban Jami'in Gwamnati. Don ayyukansa a Arewa maso Yammacin Turai Ritchie ya zama Knight Commander na Order of the British Empire a ranar 5 ga Yuli 1945 kuma an ambaci shi sau biyu a cikin sakonni a lokacin yakin, don "gwarzo da kuma ayyuka masu daraja", a ranar 22 ga Maris da 9 ga Agusta, 1945.