 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure pemakore okudzidziswa pasi pokutungamirira kwaThomas, 43rd Division yakasvika muNormandy pakati paJune 1944, asi haina kubatanidzwa pakarepo mukubata kukuru kupi nokupi. Zvisinei, kurasikirwa kwakanga kwatoitwa kare, ne43rd Wessex Reconnaissance Regiment, yaitungamirirwa naLieutenant Colonel Francis Lane Fox - uyo Von Thoma akazodzingwa - uyo akatambura kurasikirwa kukuru asati asvika kuNormandy. Musi wa24 Chikumi, 43rd Division yakatumirwa kubva kuRitchies XII Corps kuenda kuLieutenant General Sir Richard OConnors VIII Corps uye, mazuva akazotevera, vakatora chikamu muOperation Epsom, mukuyedza kutora Caen, iyo, kunyangwe yaive D-Day chinangwa che3rd Division, ichiri mumaoko emuvengi. Chikamu chacho chakangotamba basa duku bedzi mubasa racho asi chakaita basa guru muOperation Jupiter, kuedza kweBritain kutora Chikomo 112. Basa racho, iro rakatanga musi wa 10 Chikunguru uye rakapera zuva rakatevera, pakupedzisira raive kukunda kweBritish, asi rakabhadhara divi raThomas, pamwe nerutsigiro rwakaputirwa muchimiro cheBrigadier Michael Carvers 4th Armoured Brigade, vangangoita zviuru zviviri. Carver gare gare akarondedzera Thomas semupfuri muduku, anopisa, akatsunga zvikuru uye ane utsinye, asina kuseka, aizouraya munhu upi noupi aiedza kusabvumirana naye kana kuti kubvunza mirairo yake. 