Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, yaitungamirirwa naMajor General Matthew Ridgway, yakanga iri boka revakwegura, nemapoka aro maviri, 504th na505th Parachute Infantry Regiments (PIR), vachiita kusvetuka muhondo kupinda
Sicily neItaly. Zvisinei, 504th yakanga isati yasvika kuEngland munguva yekudzidzira Operation Neptune, uye yakanga yatsiviwa mubasa ne507th uye 508th PIRs, zvose zviri zviviri zvakagadziriswa kwenguva pfupi yekushanda (iyo 507th yakazoendeswa ku17th Airborne Division). Nemhaka yechiitiko chayo chokurwisana chakapfuura, 82nd Airborne Division yakapiwa basa rine ngozi zvikuru pamabasa maviri okubhururuka, pakati peCotentin. Rejimendi rayo rokupedzisira, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, rakanga rakarongerwa kubhururuka pana June 7.