Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mauto akavandudzwa musi wa 24 Ndira 1944 sePanzer Group West, chombo chakagadziriswa cheOB West. Uto idzva rakaiswa pasi pomurayiro waLeo Geyr von Schweppenburg. Nzira yekushandiswa kwePanzer Group West muchiitiko chekupinda kwevakabatana yaive nyaya yekukakavadzana kwakawanda, nemukuru weOB West Gerd von Rundstedt nemukuru weArmy Group B Erwin Rommel vachida nzira dzakasiyana. Rundstedt naGeyr von Schweppenburg vaitenda kuti boka repanzer rinofanira kuchengetwa riri kure nechemberi, kuti rirwise kupinda kweAllied. Rommel akanga ane chokwadi chokuti masimba emhepo neezvombo zvegungwa zveAllied zvaisazobvumira vaGermany rusununguko rwokufambisa mapoka makuru uye nokudaro vakasimbirira kuti "panzers" dzinofanira kuiswa pedyo zvikuru nomutsetse wapamberi. Adolf Hitler akamanikidzira kudzikisira kusingafadzi pavatungamiriri vokumadokero ndokuramba kuvabvumira kupinza boka repanzer pasina chiremera chake. Apo Allied Invasion yakatanga musi wa6 Chikumi 1944, Panzer Group West yakaramba isingafambi; na8 Chikumi, Geyr akakwanisa kukurumidza zvikamu zvitatu zvepanzer kuchamhembe kuenda ku
kudzivirira Caen pamasimba eBritain neCanada. Geyr akaronga kutumira mapoka acho kuti arwise achidzinga maBritish nemaCanada mugungwa. Musi wa 10 Chikumi, Schweppenburg akakuvara pakurwiswa kwePanzer Group West dzimbahwe paLa Caine. Mauto ehondo aGeyr akakwanisa kudzora kufambira mberi kweBritain kwemwedzi mumwe asi akabviswa pabasa rake musi wa2 Chikunguru, mushure mekunge abvumirana nechikumbiro chaRundstedt chekuti Hitler abvumidze kubviswa kwechirongwa kubva kuCaen. Musi waJuly 2 akatsiviwa naHeinrich Eberbach. Boka repanzer rakarwa nemauto eAllied muNormandy, richirasikirwa zvikuru uye pakupedzisira rakawana mapoka aro akawanda akabatwa muFalaise Pocket. Pashure pokunge zvisaririra zvakaputsika zveboka repanzer zvatiza kubva kuFalaise, zvakatanga kudzokera kumuganhu weGermany.