Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1943, an tura shi Ingila don yin aiki a ƙarƙashin Janar Omar Bradley. Hodges shi ne mataimakin kwamandan rundunar soji ta farko a lokacin mamayewar ranar D. Watanni biyu bayan haka, an nada shi kwamandan Sojojin Farko. A karkashin Hodges, Rundunar Soji ta Farko tana da runduna 18, mafi yawa a karkashin umarnin kai tsaye na kowane janar a filin wasan Turai
na yakin duniya na biyu. Sojojin farko sun 'yantar da Paris, ita ce rundunar Sojojin farko da ta shiga Jamus, kuma ta raba Nazi Jamus biyu ta hanyar ci gaba zuwa gabas don haɗuwa da sojojin Soviet da suka ci gaba zuwa yamma.