Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akarwa mu1940 Hondo yeSomme (inowanzozivikanwa mumitauro yeChirungu seHondo yeAbbeville) pakati paMay 27 naJune 4, 1940, uyezve mukuteedzana kwe "zviito zvekunonoka", kutanga padivi peSeine apo maGerman airwira kutora nhevedzano yemabhiriji akakosha varwi vasati vaputika, uyezve kumadokero muNormandy neBrittany. Kupinda kweGermany muFrance kunorangarirwa nokukurumidza uko mauto eGermany akakwanisa kushandisa kukwirira kwavo mumhepo uye kupayona mitoo mitsva yehondo yemotokari kuti vatore rutivi rwokuchamhembe rwenyika. Mauto eGermany akapinda muParis musi wa14 June 1940 uye hurumende yeFrance yakasaina chibvumirano chokumisa hondo mazuva mashomanana gare gare. Pakazosvika 16 June 1940 Claude Hettier de Boislambert akanga ari pachiteshi chengarava cheBrest. Sezvo France yakawa, akatsunga kupfuurira kurwa, uko kwaireva kuyambuka kuenda kuBritain, uko kwaakaita achiperekedzwa nevakuru vakuru ivavo nevashoma vakanga varwa pasi pake avo zvino vakazvipira kumutevera. Ivo vakafamba nengarava yezvikepe / yeuto iyo maChirungu akanga atumira kunotora mauto ePoland ayo akanga ari kurwisana muFrance kurwisa kupindirwa kweGermany, akatiza mu
Kugara kweGermany neSoviet munyika yavo vamene.