Background, personalities and relationships -- Enlarging the bridgehead : June and early July -- The seeds of Goodwood -- The Goodwood plan -- The ground and the Germans -- Two dreadful night moves -- 'Driver, advance' -- Slow but sure : Cuverville and Demouville -- A thorn in the side : Cagny -- Unorthodox success : le Mensil Frémentel -- So near and yet so far : Bras and Hubert Folie -- 'A grave yard of burning tanks' -- 'Hullo gunners, hullo gunners!' -- The other prongs of the trident : guards and 7th Armoured Divisions -- The infantry on the flanks -- 'The worst night I remember' -- The ridge at last : Bras and Hubert-Folie -- Partial success : guards and 7th Armoured Divisions -- The flanks -- The end of Goodwood -- Recriminations and breakout -- Success or failure? : the advantage of hindsight.