JUNE 1944
Scheduled for 10 June 1944 – Canceled
Objective: airborne operation to seize Caen
Operation Aberlour
Cancelled
Objective: Breakthrough of the front line in Caen
Operation Ottawa
Cancelled
Objective: seizure of Carpiquet
Operation Mitten
June 27, 1944
Objective: fighting for the capture of the Château de la Londe
JULY 1944
Operation Maori
Mauri I: July 8, 1944 – conquest of positions in the Crauville-Saint-Germain-d’Ectot sector.
Mauri II: July 11, 1944 – conquest of Hottot-les-Bagues.
Operation Express
July 22-23, 1944
Objective: assault of the town of Maltot
Operation Byng
July 25, 1944
Objective: British attack north of the Bois de Bavent
Operation Rawlinson
July 25, 1944
Objective: British attack south of the Bois de Bavent
AUGUST 1944
August 14,1944
Objective: liberation of Falaise and completion of the encirclement
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