Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa 11 June 1944, O'Connor uye nhengo dzinotungamirira dzeVIII Corps dzakasvika muNormandy munharaunda yakapoteredza Caen, iyo yaizova nzvimbo yezvakawanda zve
kurwa zvakaoma mukati memavhiki mashomanene 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.