Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - VaAllies vakabvumirana kutanga kurukurirano dzokuronga kupindirwa kweFrance, yakatumidzwa kuti Operation Overlord, mumushumo wakavanzika weCombined Chiefs of Staff. Kwakanga kwakabvumiranwa kuti Overlord yaizotanga musi waMay 1, 1944, asi izvi zvakatevera kufuratirwa uye zuva rakatevera rakagadziriswa. Zvisinei, Overlord yakanga isiriyo bedzi chisarudzo; somuenzaniso, Operation Jupiter yakaramba iri bviro yakasimba kudai vaGermany vakaratidza kuva vane simba zvikuru pamhenderekedzo yeFrance. MuMediterranean (nzvimbo yaifarirwa zvikuru naChurchill) vakasarudza kuisa simba rakawanda kuti vabvise Italy mubatanidzwa wemasimba eAxis uye kuitora pamwe chete neCorsica. Churchill naRoosevelt vakanyatsojekesa kuti vaizongogamuchira chete kuzviisa pasi kweItaly kusina miganhu, kwaizova nokuguma kwakakwana nokukurumidza kwokurwisana. Nhau dzakapfuura dzokuwa kweSicily
kumasimba eAllied, kupinda kwakanga kwangoita mazuva 38 chete. Ipapo kwakasarudzwa kuti kupindirwa kweItaly kwaizovamba pana September 3, 1943. Zvisinei, chibvumirano chokumisa hondo chakasainwa zuva iroro chairo, icho chakabvisa Italy pamutemo muhondo.