Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutevera kumwe kugadziriswazve kwakawedzera simba rayo kusvika kumabhati maviri ematangi uye matatu maresitoreti ehondo dzevanhu, iro divi rakatumirwa ku
Western Front kutora chikamu muHondo yeNetherlands kutanga musi wa10 Chivabvu 1940. Chikamu cheuto rechi18, icho chakakunda Netherlands mumazuva mashanu anotyisa, 9th Panzer Division yakaita basa rinokosha mugadziriro yeGermany. Chikamu ichi chaive chete chiGerman chakanzi chakapihwa 18th Army uye chaive chakanangana nekubatana nemauto emhepo akadzika pedyo neRotterdam neThe Hague. Musi wa 12 Chivabvu, divi rakasimudzwa kumaodzanyemba kweNetherlands kuti rishandise kubudirira kwemapoka ehondo dzechiGerman, nekukurumidza kuenda kumabhiriji eMoerdijk, ayo aive atorwa nevadzidzi vevadzidzi. Pamberi pacho, pedyo neBreda, boka racho rakaparadzana, kutumira battalion imwe kuchamhembe pamusoro pemabhiriji eMoerdijk kuedza kupinda muDutch National Redoubt, Fortress Holland. Zvisinei, musi wa13 Chivabvu, panguva yekurwa kwayo kwekutanga kwemushandirapamwe, batachoni yakarasikirwa zvakanyanya pakurwiswa kwakakundikana pakati peDordrecht. Musi wa14 Chivabvu, battalion yakamira yakagadzirira kurwisa Rotterdam, asi maDutch akasiya zuva rimwe chetero mushure mekuputika kwebhomba pakati peguta revanhu neLuftwaffe.