Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kupinda kweAllied kweNormandy kwakaitika musi wa6 Chikumi 1944: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division yakadzika paGold Beach, uye yeBritish 3rd Infantry Division paSword Beach; 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, nemamwe maBritish mauniti, paJuno Beach. MaBritish 6th Airborne Division, panguva yeOperation Tonga, yakaiswa pamberi pekumhara kuti ifukidze rutivi rworuboshwe. Panguva iyi vakatora mugero weCaen nemabhiriji erwizi rweOrne, uye vakarwisa Merville Gun Battery. MaBritish akanga achibatanidzwa muHondo yeCaen
, asi havana kutora guta kusvikira 9 Chikunguru, mukuita kutambura kurasikirwa kukuru pachiyero chakafanana neavo vakagadziriswa munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yokutanga. Pakati paJuly Operation Goodwood yakatangwa naLieutenant-General Richard O'Connor's VIII Corps, nechinangwa chekumanikidza maGerman kuti vaise zvombo zvavo zvehondo kumaBritish kumabvazuva kweNormandy beachhead, nepo maAmerican muOperation Cobra akaputika kubva kuCotentin Peninsula kumadokero.