Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Semukuru, akaburuka muFrance paGold Beach paD-Day musi wa6 Chikumi 1944, seMutevedzeri Wemubatsiri Quartermaster-General (DAQMG) we50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, yekutanga TA kuumbwa, pasi pekutungamira kwaMajor-General Douglas Graham. Macleod akafamba musi wa 1 Chikumi, akagadzirira kupinda iyo yakabva yasundidzirwa kubva musi wa 5 Chikumi kusvika musi wa 6 Chikumi. Chikamu chechi50, boka rine ruzivo rwakawanda rakarwa muNorth Africa uye
Sicily, yakapiwa basa rokutora Arromanches, uko Mulberry chiteshi chengarava chakanga chichigadziriswa, uye pakupera kwezuva mapurisa akanga apfuurira kumucheto kweBayeux. Macleod akapedza nguva zhinji yezuva achishanyira nzvimbo yebhiriji kuti aongorore kufambira mberi, achityaira achipfuura nenzvimbo dzakasimbiswa nemuvengi, naLieutenant Colonel "Bertie" Gibb. Gare gare akanyora kuti aiva ne"zviyeuchidzo zvisingaverengeki" zveD-Day. Aigona kuyeuka zvaakanga adya asi kwete paakanga azvidya, kana kuti paakaenda kunorodha pfuti yake akawana murwi wake akanga azadza homwe yake yezvombo nemaswiti akaviriswa. Varongi veBritain vaitarisira kuti 40% yevakafa paD-Day, uye Macleod akazonyora kuti iye pachake aitarisira kuti aizourayiwa, asi paakaona pakati peusiku kuti akanga apona paD-Day akasarudza kuti aizopona muhondo uye kuona kuberekwa kwemwana wake wechipiri muna Gumiguru.