Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa11 Chikumi 1944, O'Connor nezvikamu zvinotungamira zveVIII Corps vakasvika muNormandy munharaunda yakapoteredza Caen, iyo yaizova nzvimbo yekurwisana kwakaoma zvikuru
mumavhiki mashomanana anotevera. Basa rokutanga raO'Connor (ane 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division pasi pehutungamiri) raive rekugadzira Operation Epsom, kuputsa kubva pabhiriji rakagadzwa ne3rd Canadian Infantry Division, kuyambuka Odon neOrne nzizi, ipapo chengetedza nzvimbo dzakakwirira kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweBretteville-sur-Laize uye cheka Caen kubva kumaodzanyemba. Kupukunyuka uye kuyambuka rwizi zvakaitwa nokukurumidza. Montgomery, mukuru mukuru waO'Connor neshamwari yake kubva pamazuva ake muPalestine, akamukorokotedza neuto rake pakubudirira kwavo. Asi zvaizova zvakaoma zvikuru kuti vaparadzane neCaen. VIII Corps yakadzoserwa shure pamusoro peOrne. O'Connor akaedza kudzorera bridgehead panguva Operation Jupiter pamwe 43rd (Wessex) Division, asi akasangana zvishoma kubudirira. Kunyange zvazvo basa racho rakanga rakundikana kuzadzisa zvinangwa zvaro zvemauto, General Sir Bernard Montgomery akafadzwa nezvikomborero zvehurongwa mukuzvipira nekugadzirisa zveGermany zvigadziriswa zvekuchengetedza kuCaen sector.