Pari gbolohun yii: Ni ọjọ 11 Oṣu Karun ọdun 1944, O'Connor ati awọn eroja oludari ti VIII Corps de Normandy ni agbegbe ti o wa ni ayika Caen, eyiti yoo jẹ oju iṣẹlẹ ti ọpọlọpọ
ìjà líle yóò máa jà ní àwọn ọ̀sẹ̀ mélòó kan tó ń bọ̀. O'Connor's first mission (with 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division under command) was to mount Operation Epsom, a break out from the bridgehead established by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, cross the Odon and Orne rivers, then secure the high-ground positions northeast of Bretteville-sur-Laize and cut off Caen from the south. O'Connor's first mission (with 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division under command) was to mount Operation Epsom, a break out from the bridgehead established by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, cross the Odon and Orne rivers, then secure the high-ground positions northeast of Bretteville-sur-Laize and cut off Caen from the south. O'Connor's first mission (with 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division under command) was to mount Operation Epsom, a break out from the bridgehead established by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, cross the Odon and Orne rivers, then secure the high-ground positions northeast of Kò pẹ́ rárá tí wọ́n fi já bọ́, tí wọ́n sì sọdá odò náà. Montgomery, ọ̀gágun O'Connor àti ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ̀ láti ìgbà ayé rẹ̀ ní Palestine, kí i àti Ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ ogun rẹ̀ lórí àṣeyọrí wọn. Àmọ́, ó máa ṣòro gan-an láti dáàbò bo ìlú Caen. Wọ́n lé ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ ogun kẹjọ kúrò ní Orne. O'Connor gbiyanju lati tun ṣe agbekalẹ ori afara kan lakoko Iṣẹ Jupiter pẹlu Ẹka 43rd (Wessex), ṣugbọn o pade pẹlu aṣeyọri diẹ. Bi o tilẹ jẹ pe isẹ naa ti kuna lati ṣaṣeyọri awọn afojusun rẹ, Gbogbogbo Sir Bernard Montgomery ni inu didun pẹlu awọn anfani ti o ni imọran ni ifaramọ ati fifin awọn ipamọ ipọnju ara ilu Jamani si eka Caen.