In Normandy the British finally overcame ' Montgomery's tendency to want to call every operation SUPERCHARGE. The most well known operations were Epsom and GOODWOOD, the origins of which some readers may not be familiar with.

Epsom, a town just southwest of London, is the home of possibly most famous horse race track in the world, the site of The Derby (preceded by no provincial place modifier, such as 'Kentucky') and The Oaks. For WWII 'the classics' were transferred to Newmarket, farther from the Luftwaffe. The mineral water in the area is strong in magnesium sulfate and has long been used as the cathartic called Epsom Salts but it was the thoroughbreds, not purgatives, that the British had in mind.

Goodwood, in Sussex, is yet another English racetrack (the "Goodwood meetings"), of somewhat less notoriety that Epsom Downs. Racing began in 1801. With a view. overlooking the Solent, some claim Goodwood to be the most beautiful track in the world.

If you want to take a clue and add some flavor to your own British attacks, launch Operations ASCOT, NEWMARKET, AINTREE, and DONCASTER.