The operation was part of the Clearing the Channel Coast undertaken Action by the First Canadian Army , following the victory of Operation Overlord and the break-out from Normandy .

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 Totalize ( also spelled Operation Totalise in recent British sources ) was an offensive launched by Allied troops in the First Canadian Army during the later stages of Operation Overlord , from 8 to 9 August 1944 .

Soon after , the division , minus the 2nd Parachute Brigade , sailed Self_motion for England in preparation for Operation Overlord , the invasion of Normandy .

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 .

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy , the Allied operation that launched Process_start the successful invasion Military_operation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II .

German forces retreated Escaping east across the Seine on 30 August 1944 , marking the close of Operation Overlord .

The invaders were able to establish Building a beachhead as part of Operation Overlord after a successful `` D-Day '' , the first day of the invasion .

The operation was initially planned Arranging to be executed in conjunction with Operation Overlord , the Allied landing in Normandy , but the lack of available resources led to Causation a cancellation of the second landing .

After meeting with Come_together the Allied units from Operation Overlord , the Allied forces Military_operation were in need of reorganizing and , facing Confronting_problem stiffened German resistance , the offensive was halted Process_end on 14September .

Their goal was to impair the German Army 's response Response to the unfolding invasion Attack of Normandy , Operation Overlord .