Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo yeNormandy muHondo Yenyika II, Caen yakadzorerwa
kubva kuvaNazi mukuvamba kwaJuly, mwedzi mumwe pashure pokumhara kweNormandy, zvikurukuru idzo dzeBritish I Corps pana 6 June 1944. Mauto eBritain neCanada akanga ane chinangwa chokutora taundi racho paD-Day. Zvisinei vakachengetedzwa kuchamhembe kweguta kusvikira 9 Chikunguru, apo bhomba rakasimba rekubhomba panguva yeOperation Charnwood rakaparadza 70% yeguta uye rakauraya zviuru zviviri zvevagari vemuFrance. VaAllies vakatora nzvimbo dzokumadokero, mwedzi mumwe gare gare kupfuura zvakarongwa naFeld Marshal Montgomery. Mukati mehondo yacho, vagari vomutaundi vazhinji vakatsvaka utiziro mu"Abbaye aux Hommes" ("Abbey yaVarume"), yakavakwa naWilliam Mukundi makore 800 pamberi pezvi. Shongwe yeChechi yaSaint-Pierre, Caen uye yunivhesiti zvakaparadzwa nebhomba reBritain neCanada.