Operation Perch in the week following D-Day and Operation Epsom (26–30 June) brought some territorial gains and depleted its defenders but Caen remained in German hands until Operation Charnwood (7–9 July), when the Second Army managed to take the northern part of the city up to the River Orne in a frontal assault.
Operation Perch i ugen efter D-dag og Operation Epsom (26. – 30. juni) bragte nogle områdegevinster og udmarvede forsvarerne, men Caen forblev på tyske hænder indtil Operation Charnwood (7. – 9. juli), da 2. armé havde held til at erobre den nordlige del af byen til Orne-floden ved et frontalt angreb.