Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo yomunyika yacho haina kutanga kutozosvikira muna May 1940, sezvo Britain neFrance dzaibatanidzwa muHondo Yokunyepedzera pakati peGermany nesangano reFrance neBritain. Hondo yenhema yakaguma neHondo yeFrance apo Germany yakapinda muBenelux uye gare gare France, iyo yakamanikidza mauto eBritain kutiza kubva kuDunkirk. Muna 1941, hondo yakapararira kuMiddle East neNorth Africa pamwe chete neEast African Campaign. United States yakapinda muhondo zviri pamutemo muna December 1941 pashure pokurwiswa kwePearl Harbor neJapan. Muna 1942, mauto eBritain aitungamirirwa naLieutenant General Bernard Montgomery akakunda mauto eAxis aitungamirirwa naGeneral Erwin Rommel muHondo yechipiri yeEl Alamein, iyo yakaratidza kuchinja kukuru mumushandirapamwe weWestern Desert uye mushandirapamwe weNorth Africa. Yakagumisa tariro dzeAxis dzokupinda muEgipita, kutora kudzora Suez Canal, uye kuwana mikana yokuwana minda yemafuta kuMiddle East. VCs pfumbamwe dzakapiwa nokuda kwechiito muWestern Desert Campaign. Pakazosvika 1943, hondo yakanga ichirwiwa munhandare dzinoverengeka, kubatanidza Pacific, North Africa neSoutheast Asia. Hondo yeBurma yeHondo yePacific yakaitika kubva muna 1942 kusvika muna 1945, uye yakaona 29 Victoria Crosses yakapihwa. Pakazosvika 1944 uye Allied invasion yeNormandy, maAllies akanga achiita nzvimbo munzvimbo dzinoverengeka kusanganisira kufambira mberi mumushandirapamwe weBurma. MuEurope, vakundikana
kurwisa paArnhem kwakaona varwi vashanu vachipihwa Victoria Cross, vana pashure pokufa. Muna May 1945, maAllies akagamuchira kuzviisa pasi kwemasimba eGermany, kuchipembererwa neVE Day. Zviito mushure mezuva reVE kusvikira hondo muPacific yapera nekuregererwa kweJapan paUSS "Missouri" musi wa2 Gunyana 1945. vakaona vashandi vanomwe veCommonwealth vakapihwa VC.