Dhameystir weedha soo socota: 13-kii Juun, 1944, qeybtii ugu badnayd ee qeybta 49aad, ka dib wax ka badan laba sano oo tababar ah, waxay ka degeen Normandy iyagoo qayb ka ah Howlgalka Overlord. Qaybta ayaa soo daahday si ay uga qayb qaadato Dagaalkii Villers-Bocage, halkaas oo halyeeyga 7aad ee Gaashaaman uu soo gaaray guul darro weyn, laakiin wuxuu ku lug lahaa isku dayga badan ee lagu doonayo in lagu badbaadiyo.
qabsashada magaalada Caen. Qeybta, ka dib markii ay soo degtay, waxay ku lug lahayd oo keliya dagaalo yaryar, gaar ahaan 16kii Juun agagaarka Tilly-sur-Seulles, halkaas oo Guutada 6aad, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, ee Guutada 147-aad, ay ku dhacday 230 khasaare ah - 30% ee xoogga aasaaska dagaalka - dagaal laba maalmood socday iyadoo la isku dayayo in la qabsado Le Parc de Boislonde. Ugu dambeyntii waxaa qabsaday guutada 7aad, Dukes, oo uu hoggaaminayo Kornayl John Wileey. Tallaabadii ugu horreysay ee ugu weyneyd ee 49aad ee qeyb ahaan waxay timid intii lagu jiray Howlgalka Martlet, wajiga koowaad ee Howlgalka Epsom, isku dayga Ingiriiska ee qabsashada Caen. In kasta oo Lieutenant General Sir Richard O'Connor's VIII Corps uu sameeyay dadaalka ugu weyn, XXX Corps, oo ay gacanta ku hayaan Qaybta 49aad, waxay ahayd inay ilaaliyaan garabka midig ee VIII Corps iyagoo qabsanaya dusha sare ee Rauray.