'Cormorant' was a British offensive on the German positions to the south of Rauray in the Allied lodgement in Normandy after 'Overlord' (14 July 1944).

The operation was undertaken by Major General G. H. A. MacMillan’s 15^th Division, Major General E. H. Barker’s 49^th Division and Major General D. A. H. Graham’s 50^th Division of Lieutenant General Sir Richard O’Connor’s VIII Corps within Lieutenant General Sir Miles Dempsey’s 2^nd Army, and was the immediate successor to 'Charnwood' and 'Jupiter' (ii).

As such, 'Cormorant' was a British attack on the Norman villages of Evrecy, Noyers, Missy and Vendes, as well as the Juvigny forest.