Carpiquet airfield fell Motion_directional to the Canadians during the early morning and by 18:00 , the British and Canadians had linked Connect up along the north bank of the Orne .

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 3rd Canadian Division 's D-Day objectives were to capture Hold Carpiquet Airfield and reach Arriving the Caen–Bayeux railway line by nightfall .

The subsequent push Hold inland towards Carpiquet and the Caen–Bayeux railway line achieved mixed results .

The 8th Brigade encountered Hostile_encounter heavy resistance from a battalion of the 716th at Tailleville , while the 9th Brigade deployed towards Carpiquet early in the evening .