Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - The 2nd Ox naBucks vakabatanidzwa zvakare mukubhururuka kwemhepo, kunozivikanwa seOperation Varsity: basa guru remhepo munhoroondo yehondo uye rutsigiro rwemhepo rweOperation Plunder: Rhine Crossing mukupera kwaKurume 1945. MaGerman akanga achidzivirira chipingamupinyi chavo chokupedzisira chikuru chomusikirwo kumadokero uye Operation Varsity iyo yakatanga musi wa 24 March 1945 yakanga iri hondo huru yokupedzisira paWestern Front
panguva yeHondo Yenyika II. 2nd Ox neBucks vakamhara kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwenzvimbo yekumhara ye6th Airborne Divisions, kumabvazuva kwakanyanya kune chero chikwata cheBritish Army, kutora mabhiriji kubva kumaGerman. Bhatani racho, semamwe akawanda panguva yekurwiswa, rakatambura zvakanyanya sezvo maGerman akasangana neanomhara gliders nemoto unotyisa mumhepo nepasi; 2nd Ox neBucks vakarasikirwa ne400 vakaurayiwa kana kukuvara kubva pahuwandu hwebhatani revarume mazana masere. Chinangwa chechikwata chacho chaiva chokutora mutsetse weRwizi rweIssel kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweHamminkeln. Izvi zvaisanganisira bhiriji remugwagwa reHamminkeln-Ringenburg, bhiriji rechitima, chiteshi chechitima cheHamminkeln uye nzira yemugwagwa kumadokero. Musi wa 19 March battalion yakatamira kumusasa weBirch, RAF Birch, pedyo neColchester, Essex. The 2nd Ox uye Bucks akasimuka kubva Birch uye Gosfield airfields pa 06.30 hrs musi 24 March uye gliders vakatamira kumaodzanyemba pamusoro North Sea, ipapo kumabvazuva pamusoro kweBrussels uye akawira muna Hamminkeln nharaunda pa 10.00 hrs. Kambani imwe neimwe yakasarudzwa nzvimbo yokumhara munharaunda yechinangwa chayo. Pakusvika kunzvimbo yokumhara kumabvazuva kweRhine denga rakanga rakazara nendege. PaHamminkeln ndege dzinobhururuka dzakabhururuka dzichipinda mumvura yemoto unopesana nendege; paive ne4 pfuti dzevavengi dzinopesana nendege dzakamiswa padyo neHamminkeln chiteshi. Mukati mekumhara uko kwakatora maminitsi gumi chete kupedzisa pakanga paine utsi hwakakora neguruva kubva munharaunda yeWesel uye mazhinji ema 30 gliders ebataillon akanga ari pamoto uye paive nevakawanda vakakuvara.