Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Basa rinotevera ra"Montcalm" raiva rokurwisa-vanopukunyuka-kuvharidzira mapurisa, akavakirwa muDakar. Yakagoverwa kuWestern Task Force uye yakatsigira Allied landings muNormandy paOmaha Beach munaJune 1944 uye
kumaodzanyemba kweFrance muna August. Hondo yake yakaguma nokuputirwa kwebhomba pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yeRiviera kusvikira muna March 1945.