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 .

Goodwood was preceded Process_start by preliminary attacks Attack later called Name_conferral the Second Battle Hostile_encounter of the Odon .

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 .

When Operation Goodwood ended Process_end on 20 July , the armoured divisions had broken Bodily_harm through the outer German defences Defending and advanced Cause_to_make_progress but had been stopped Process_end short of Bourguébus Ridge , only armoured cars having penetrated Attack further south and beyond the ridge .

While Goodwood failed Earnings_and_losses in its primary aim , it forced Causation the Germans to keep powerful formations opposite the British and Canadians on the eastern flank of the Normandy beachhead and Operation Cobra , the First US Army attack Attack which began Process_start on 25 July , caused Causation the weaker German defences opposite to collapse Destroying .

Operation Goodwood was a series of British carrier air raids Attack conducted Action against the German battleship `` Tirpitz '' at her anchorage in Kaafjord in occupied Norway during late August 1944 .

British losses Earnings_and_losses during Operation Goodwood were 17 aircraft to all causes Causation , a frigate sunk Motion by a submarine , and an escort carrier badly damaged Damaging .