The objective was to capture Conquering intact two road bridges in Normandy across the River Orne and the Caen Canal , providing Supply the only exit eastwards for British forces from their landing Self_motion on Sword Beach .

The operation was intended to encircle Besieging and seize Conquering the German occupied city of Caen , which was a D-Day objective for the British 3rd Infantry Division in the early phases of Operation Overlord .

Operation Perch was to begin Process_start immediately after the British beach landings with an advance to the south-east of Caen by XXX Corps .

The operation was expanded Expansion to include I Corps for a pincer attack on Caen .

With mounting casualties and no sign Sign_agreement of a German collapse , the offensive east of Caen was suspended Change_event_time on 13 June .

The battle is controversial because many historians and writers have concluded Process_end that it was failures by British divisional and corps commanders that squandered Expend_resource an opportunity to capture Conquering Caen , rather than the Germans achieving Achieve a defensive success .

The intention Aiming was to break Destroying through the German defences Defending south of Caen on the eastern flank of the Allied positions in Normandy and exploit success by driving Self_motion south , to capture Conquering the high ground north of the city of Falaise .

Using two landing Self_motion zones , one to the west of the Caen canal and the other to the east of the River Orne , Mallard was the third airborne operation Military_operation involving units of the division on D-Day .

Operation Tonga followed , dropping Motion the division 's two parachute brigades near Caen to the east .

Operation Military_operation Charnwood was an Anglo-Canadian offensive that took place Process_start from 8 to 9 July 1944 , during the Battle for Caen , part of the larger Operation Overlord ( code-name for the Battle of Normandy ) in the Second World War .

The operation Military_operation intended capture Conquering the German-occupied city of Caen ( ) , which was an important objective for the Allies during the opening stages of Overlord .

The British and Canadians advanced on a broad front and by the evening of the second day had taken Conquering Caen up to the Orne and Odon rivers .

Preceded by a controversial bombing raid Attack that destroyed Destroying much of the historic Old City of Caen , Operation Charnwood began Process_start at dawn on 8 July , with three infantry divisions attacking Attack German positions north of Caen , behind a creeping barrage .

Preceded by a controversial bombing raid Attack that destroyed Destroying much of the historic Old City of Caen , Operation Charnwood began Process_start at dawn on 8 July , with three infantry divisions attacking Attack German positions north of Caen , behind a creeping barrage .

Moving into Caen at dawn the following morning , the Allies encountered Hostile_encounter resistance from remnants of German units who were beginning Process_start a withdrawal Escaping across the Orne .

The Allies maintained the initiative and began Process_start Operation Jupiter the next day and Operation Goodwood and Operation Atlantic a week later , in which the rest of Caen was secured .

Operation Goodwood was a British offensive Hostile_encounter in the Second World War Hostile_encounter , that took place Process_start between 18 and 20 July 1944 as part of the battle Hostile_encounter for Caen in Normandy , France .

The objective of the operation was a limited attack Attack to the south , to capture Conquering the rest of Caen and the Bourguébus Ridge beyond .

On 18 July , the British I Corps conducted Action an advance Cause_to_make_progress to secure Getting a series of villages and the eastern flank of VIII Corps and to the west , the II Canadian Corps launched Process_start Operation Atlantic , synchronised with Goodwood , to capture Conquering the rest of Caen south of the Orne River .

The objectives of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on D-Day were to cut Removing the Caen-Bayeux road , seize Hold the Carpiquet airport west of Caen , and form Coming_to_be a link between the two British beaches on either flank .

The beach was defended Defending by two battalions of the German 716th Infantry Division , with elements of the 21st Panzer Division held in reserve near Caen .

The Allies failed to accomplish Achieve their objectives for the first day , but gained Getting a tenuous foothold that they gradually expanded Expansion when they captured Conquering the port at Cherbourg on 26 June and the city of Caen on 21 July .