Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Gore ra1944 risati rasvika, mauto eMubatanidzwa airwisa mabhomba pazvinangwa zvaiva muFrance zvaishandiswa nemauto eGermany. Izvi zvaibatanidza kurwisa kwakadai seaya aiva pafekitari yeRenault muBoulogne-Billancourt muna March 1942 kana kuti zvivako zvengarava zveNantes muna September 1943 (izvo zvakauraya vanhuwo zvavo 1 500). Mukugadzirira kumhara kweAllied muNormandy uye
avo vari kumaodzanyemba kweFrance, zvivakwa zveFrance (kunyanya kutakura njanji) zvakanangwa zvakanyanya neRAF neUSAAF muna Chivabvu naJune 1944. Pasinei nouchenjeri hwakapiwa neFrench Resistance, nzvimbo zhinji dzokugara dzakarohwa nokukanganisa kana kuti kusarurama. Ikoku kwaibatanidza maguta akadai seMarseille (2,000 vakafa), Lyon (1,000 vakafa), Saint-Étienne, Rouen, Orléans, Grenoble, Nice, Paris nenharaunda dzakapoteredza (1000+ vakafa), zvichingodaro. Mauto Emuchadenga eFrance Akasununguka, anoshanda kubvira muna 1941, aimbosarudza nzira ine ngozi zvikuru yokutsvaira paakanga achishanda munharaunda yenyika, kuti arege kuuraya vanhuwo zvavo. Pana 5 January 1945, mabhomba eBritain akarova "homwe yeAtlantic" yeRoyan ndokuparadza 85% yeguta iri. Kurwisa kwapashure, vachishandisa napalm kwakaitwa pamberi pokusunungurwa muNazi muna April. Pavanhu 3.000 vakanga vasara muguta racho, 442 vakafa.