Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Operation Tonga yakatanga mukuronga kweOperation Overlord, hurongwa hwekupinda kweFrance uye kuvhurwa kweChipiri Front
kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumavirira kweEurope. Kuronga kupindirwa kweEurope neVasonganiri kwakanga kwatanga muna May 1943 apo purezidhendi weUnited States Franklin Delano Roosevelt naChurchill vakanga vasangana paMusangano weWashington. Vatungamiri vaviri veAllied vakasarudza kuti masimba ose eAllied aripo mumutambo anofanira kuiswa muGreat Britain, uye kuti kuronga kwekupinda kweNorth-Western Europe kunofanira kutanga. Zuva rakatarwa rekutanga raMay 1944 rakagadzwa, zita rekodhi Overlord rakasarudzwa, uye sangano rakabatana reAnglo-American rakagadzirwa pasi peLieutenant-General Frederick E. Morgan, uyo akapiwa zita reChief of Staff kuSupreme Allied Commander (COSSAC). Chirongwa chakazobvumiranwa chaida kuti maBritish 6th Airborne Division nemaAmerican 82nd ne101st Airborne Divisions vaburuke kumativi ese enzvimbo dzekumhara kuchengetedza mativi avo uye kudzivirira mauto ekumhara kubva pakurwisa. Mauto eBritish airborne akanga achifanira kumhara kumabvazuva uye mauto eAmerica airborne kuti asvike kumadokero kweBayeux mukutsigira mauto ehondo nemauto ehondo achifambira mberi kubva kumahombekombe. Basa racho rakatanga usiku hwaJune 5, nekutumirwa kwe6th Airborne Division kumabvazuva kweNormandy. Yakanga yakapiwa basa rokudzivirira rutivi rwokumabvazuva rweAllied seaborne landings, kuchengetedza nzvimbo dzakakosha kumabvazuva kweCaen, kutora mabhiriji akawanda anokosha pamusoro peCaen Canal neRwizi Dives, uye kuparadza bhatiri remahombekombe.