Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1943, akatumirwa kuEngland kunoshumira achitungamirirwa naGeneral Omar Bradley. Hodges akanga ari mutevedzeri womukuru mukuru weFirst Army mukati mokupinda kweD-Day. Mwedzi miviri gare gare, akagadzwa kuva mutungamiriri weFirst Army. Pasi paHodges, Mauto Okutanga aiva namapoka 18, akawanda kwazvo pasi pokutonga kwakananga kwomukuru mukuru upi noupi muUnited States
Nhandare yeEurope yeHondo Yenyika II. First Army yakasunungura Paris, yakanga iri hondo yokutanga yeAllied kupinda muGermany, uye yakatema Nazi Germany nepakati kupfurikidza nokufambira mberi kumabvazuva kuti ibatanidzane nemauto eSoviet ayo akanga achifambira mberi kumadokero.