Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Achishandisa zvakaitika paOperation Avalanche, Eisenhower akataura kuti "zvakanga zvakakosha kuti simba redu rose rokurwisa, kusanganisira mauto edu maviri anoshandisa ndege, rivepo kuti rishandiswe panguva dzinokosha dzokurwisa". Chirongwa chokupedzisira chokumhara, chakanga chakarongwa zvikurukuru naMontgomery, chaida kuti mapoka mapfumbamwe amuke munzvimbo shanu. Mapoka matatu evarwi vaibhururuka nendege aizomhara seri kwemitsetse yomuvengi kuti atore migwagwa inokosha namabhiriji. Pakutanga yakarongwa nokuda kwaMay 1944, Operation Overlord yakadzoserwa shure kwemwedzi, zvikurukuru nemhaka yokushomeka kwezvikepe zvinokwira. Nokuda kwechikonzero chimwe chetecho,
Operation Dragoon, maAllied anoburukira muSouthern France, aizoitika muna August 1944 pane panguva imwe chete neOverlord, sezvakanga zvakarongwa pakutanga. Eisenhower akasimbirira kuti vaBritain vamupe kutonga kwakasarudzika pamusoro pemasimba ose emhepo okuyamura kumhara, kusvika pamwero wokutyisidzira kurega basa kutoti Churchill akaneta, izvo zvaakaita.