Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 11 June 1944, O'Connor na ndị isi nke VIII Corps rutere Normandy na mpaghara gburugburu Caen, nke ga-abụ ebe ọtụtụ
ịlụ ọgụ siri ike n'ime izu ole na ole sochirinụ. O'Connor mbụ ozi (na 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division n'okpuru iwu) bụ ka ugwu Operation Epsom, a gbawara si bridgehead guzobere 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, gafee Odon na Orne osimiri, mgbe ahụ na-echebe elu-ala ọnọdụ n'ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Bretteville-sur-Laize na bee Caen si n'ebe ndịda. A rụzuru ihe ndị ahụ n'egbughị oge. Montgomery, onye isi ndị agha O'Connor na enyi ya site n'ụbọchị ya na Palestine, kelere ya na ndị agha ya maka ihe ịga nke ọma ha. Ma, ọ ga-esiri anyị ike ịkwụsị ozi ọma anyị na-ekwusa na Kaịn. E mere ka ndị agha nke asatọ laghachi azụ n'One. O'Connor gbalịrị ịmaliteghachi isi mmiri n'oge Operation Jupiter na 43rd (Wessex) Ngalaba, mana enwetaghị ihe ịga nke ọma. Ọ bụ ezie na ọrụ ahụ emezughị ebumnuche ya, Ọchịagha Sir Bernard Montgomery nwere obi ụtọ na uru dị na ntinye na idobe nchekwa nchekwa ndị German na mpaghara Caen.