Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: The Allied invasion of Normandy took place on 6 June 1944: the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division landed at Gold Beach, and the British 3rd Infantry Division at Sword Beach; the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, with some British units, at Juno Beach. The Allied invasion of Normandy took place on 6 June 1944: the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division landed at Gold Beach, and the British 3rd Infantry Division at Sword Beach; the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, with some British units, at Juno 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. VaBritish vaive vabatanidzwa mu
Hondo yeCaen, asi haina kutora guta kusvika 9 Chikunguru, mukuita uku ichitambura kurasikirwa kwakanyanya pachiyero chakafanana neavo vakatsigirwa muHondo Yenyika Yekutanga. 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.