Cika wannan jumlar: A ranar 6 ga Yuni, 1944 (da aka sani da D-Day), bayan shekaru uku na matsin lamba na Soviet, 'Yan Yammacin Turai sun mamaye arewacin Faransa. Bayan da aka sake rarraba wasu rukunin Allied daga Italiya, su ma
sun kai wa kudancin Faransa hari. Wadannan saukowa sun yi nasara kuma sun kai ga cin nasarar sojojin Jamus a Faransa. Paris ta sami 'yanci a ranar 25 ga watan Agusta ta hanyar juriya ta gida da taimakon Sojojin Faransa na' yanci, dukansu da Janar Charles de Gaulle ya jagoranta, kuma Allies na Yamma sun ci gaba da tura sojojin Jamus a yammacin Turai a ƙarshen shekara. Ƙoƙarin ci gaba zuwa arewacin Jamus wanda ya jagoranci babban aikin da aka yi a cikin Netherlands ya kasa. Bayan haka, Allies na Yammaci a hankali sun tura zuwa Jamus, amma sun kasa ƙetare kogin Rur a cikin babban hari. A Italiya, ci gaba na Allied ya jinkirta saboda babban layin tsaro na Jamus na karshe.