 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Ni ọjọ 11 Oṣu Karun ọdun 1944, OConnor ati awọn eroja oludari ti VIII Corps de Normandy ni eka ti o wa ni ayika Caen, eyiti yoo jẹ oju iṣẹlẹ ti ọpọlọpọ awọn ija lile lakoko awọn ọsẹ diẹ to nbo. OConnors 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. OConnors 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. OConnors 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 pẹ rárá tí wọn fi já bọ, tí wọn sì sọdá odò náà. Montgomery, ọgágun OConnor àti ọrẹ rẹ láti ìgbà ayé rẹ ní Palestine, kí i àti Ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun rẹ lórí àṣeyọrí wọn. Àmọ, ó máa ṣòro gan-an láti dáàbò bo ìlú Caen. Wọn lé ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun kẹjọ kúrò ní Orne. OConnor gbìyànjú láti dá orí afárá padà nígbà tí : Iṣẹ Jupiter pẹlu 43rd Wessex Division, 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. 