Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kufambira mberi nokukurumidza kwemauto eAllied mukuvamba kwaSeptember 1944 kwakanga kwaparira chinetso chokugovera zvinhu: mitsetse yokupa zvinhu kubva kuzviteshi zvengarava zvakarongedzerwa muNormandy kuenda kunhare yakanga yava yakareba zvikuru. Kushandisa chiteshi chengarava cheAntwerp kwaizogadzirisa chinetso ichi, asi pashure pokunge vaAllied
kusunungurwa kweguta rino musi wa3 kana wa4 Gunyana 1944, mahombekombe eScheldt Estuary akanga achiri mumaoko ehondo yeGerman, achivabvumira kuvhara kutumira kuAntwerp. Zvikurukuru chaimbova chitsuwa cheWalcheren, pamuromo weWestern Scheldt chakanga chava nhare, chizere nemabhatiri emhenderekedzo yegungwa anosvika kure ayo aidzora kusvika kwegungwa. Ikokuwo kwakaita kuti kubvisa minda yemigodhi yakadyarwa navaGermany mumugwagwa wokuendesa ngarava kuAntwerp kupfurikidza nevanotsvaira zvimbambaira kuve kusingabviri. Naizvozvo kuchenesa Walcheren kwakava kudikanwa kwechiuto.