Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: PaD-Day, 6 June 1944, maAllies eHondo Yenyika II akatanga Operation Overlord, kupindirwa kweNormandy. Vakawana kushamiswa kwokuvhundutsa uye kwokuvhundutsa, uye vakagadzira nzvimbo yokugara. Mumavhiki akatevera, vaGermany vakashandisa nounyanzvi nzvimbo yakaoma uye inodzivirirwa yenyika ye"bocage", uye kufambira mberi kweVabatanidzwa kwakanga kuchinonoka uye kuchidhura zvikuru kupfuura zvaifungidzirwa. Dutu rakaitika musi wa19 kusvika 21 June rakaparadza chiteshi chengarava cheMulberry paOmaha Beach uye rakapa mufananidzo wokuparadzwa kwaigona kuunzwa nemhepo dzomumatsutso. Pakanga pane kariro chaiyo yechimiro chendangariro chakanga chisina kugadzikana chehondo yeNyika I chakanga chichikura kana vadziviriri veGermany vaigona kutsungirira kutozosvikira panguva iyoyo. Asi chisarudzo cheGermany chokuramba vari muNormandy chakabvumirawo vaAllies kushandisa ukuru hwavo musimba rokupfura, vachiisa vaGermany panjodzi nokuparadzwa kwemidziyo pamwero wavakanga vasingakwanisi kutsiva, nokudaro vachiita kuti kukundwa kwavo muNormandy kusadzivisika. Musi wa 25 July, maAllies akatanga Operation Cobra, ndokuputika kubva muNormandy. Pakazosvika pakati paAugust 1944, maAllies akanga asati ayambuka Seine, asi vaGermany vakanga vachidzokera shure zvizere. Zvamazvirokwazvo, vakanga vachidzokera shure pamativi ose: muSouthern France, uko vaAllies vakanga
vakamhara paFrench Riviera; muItaly, uko vaGermany vakanga vachidzokera shure kubva kuRoma kuenda kuGothic Line; uye muBelarus, uko boka rehondo reGermany rakanga raputswa neOperation Bagration yechiSoviet.