Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe Normandy Landings malitere na 6 June 1944, Bombardment Force "A" gbara St. Martin de Varreville bọmbụ. "Ụlọ ọrụ"
n'ọgụ ahụ, onye isi ya na onye isi ya merụrụ ahụ, onye isi ụgbọ mmiri ahụ kpọghachitere ụgbọ mmiri ahụ na Portland site n'aka onye isi ndị agha, Lieutenant Commander Brown. Ụbọchị iri abụọ ka e mesịrị, o sonyekwara n'iti bọmbụ na Querqueville, na-eme ka egbe ndị Germany nọ n'ebe ahụ gbachi nkịtị. Batrị ndị dị n'ikpere mmiri nke ndị Germany gbara ụgbọ mmiri ahụ ọkụ, ma ha emerụghị ya nnukwu ihe. N'oge ọrụ ụbọchị D, "Enterprise" gbara ihe dị ka 9,000 6-inch shells ma chọọ mgbanwe egbe abụọ n'abalị na Portsmouth.