Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 13 June 1944, vazhinji ve49th Division, pashure pemakore anopfuura maviri okudzidziswa, vakamhara muNormandy sechikamu cheOperation Overlord. Chikamu chakasvika chakanonoka kutora chikamu muHondo yeVillers-Bocage, uko veteran 7th Armoured Division yakatambura kukundikana kwakakomba, asi yakabatanidzwa mukuyedza kwakawanda kutora guta reCaen
. Chikamu ichi, mushure mekumhara, chakabatanidzwa chete mukukonana kudiki, kunyanya musi wa16 Chikumi kutenderedza Tilly-sur-Seulles, uko 6th Battalion, Duke weWellington's Regiment, we147th Brigade, akatambura vamwe 230 vakaurayiwa - 30% yehondo yake yekumisikidza simba - muhondo yemazuva maviri vachiedza kutora Le Parc de Boislonde. Nzvimbo yacho pakupedzisira yakatorwa ne7th Battalion, maDuke, pasi paLieutenant Colonel John Wileey. Chiito chokutanga chikuru che49th seboka chakauya panguva yeOperation Martlet, chikamu chokutanga cheOperation Epsom, kuedza kweBritain kutora Caen. Kunyange zvazvo Lieutenant General Sir Richard O'Connor's VIII Corps vakaita nhamburiko huru, XXX Corps, ne49th Division iri pasi pesimba, yaifanira kudzivirira kurudyi kweVIII Corps nekutora Rauray ridge.