Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I puta te whakaekenga a Allied o Normandy i te 6 o Hune 1944: ko te 50th (Northumbrian) Division Infantry i eke ki Gold Beach, me te British 3rd Infantry Division i Sword Beach; te 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, me etahi waahanga o Ingarangi, i Juno Beach. Ko te British 6th Airborne Division, i te wa o Operation Tonga, i whakauruhia i mua i te taunga ki te hipoki i te taha maui. I tenei wa ka mau ratou ki te awa o Caen me nga piriti awa o Orne, ka whakaeke i te Merville Gun Battery. I whai wāhi ngā Ingarihi ki te
Ko te Pakanga mo Caen, engari kaore i mau i te taone tae noa ki te 9 o Hurae, i roto i te tukanga e mamae ana i nga parekura nui i runga i te tauine rite ki nga mea i mau i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. I waenganui o Hōngongoi Operation Goodwood i whakarewahia e Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor's VIII Corps, me te hiahia ki te akiaki i nga Tiamana ki te tuku i a raatau rahui patu ki nga Ingarihi i te taha rawhiti o te papa o Normandy, i te wa i pakaru mai ai nga Amerikana i Operation Cobra mai i te Cotentin Peninsula i te taha hauauru.