Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 11 ga Yuni, 1944, O'Connor da manyan abubuwa na VIII Corps sun isa Normandy a yankin kusa da Caen, wanda zai zama wurin da za a yi yawa
za a yi gwagwarmaya mai tsanani a cikin makonni masu zuwa. O'Connor na farko manufa (tare da 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division a karkashin umurnin) shi ne ya halicci Operation Epsom, wani fashewa daga gadar da aka kafa ta 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, ƙetare kogin Odon da Orne, sa'an nan kuma tabbatar da matsayi mai girma a arewa maso gabashin Bretteville-sur-Laize da kuma yanke Caen daga kudu. An yi nasara da sauri kuma an haye kogin. Montgomery, babban jami'in O'Connor da abokinsa daga kwanakin da yake a Falasdinu, ya taya shi da rundunarsa murna kan nasarar da suka samu. Amma zai yi wuya sosai a ware birnin Caen. An turawa rundunar ta VIII baya a kan Orne. O'Connor ya yi ƙoƙarin sake kafa gada a lokacin Operation Jupiter tare da 43rd (Wessex) Division, amma ya sami nasara kaɗan. Ko da yake aikin ya kasa cimma burin da ya dace, Janar Sir Bernard Montgomery ya yi farin ciki da amfani da dabarun da aka yi a cikin sadaukarwa da kuma gyarawa na Jamus da ke da makamai masu linzami zuwa yankin Caen.