Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apo kurwiswa kweAllied kweSouthern France
kwakaitika, Army Group G yakanga ine zvikamu gumi nerimwe zvekuchengetedza France kumaodzanyemba kweLoire. Pakati paAugust 17 na18, Vakuru veMasoja eGermany vakarayira Army Group G (kunze kwemauto akabata zviteshi zvechiteshi) kuti vasiye kumaodzanyemba kweFrance. Mauto eGermany LXIV Corps, ayo akanga achitungamirira mauto kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero sezvo First Army yakanga yabviswa masvondo mashomanana akanga apfuura kuti ichengete mutsetse paRwizi Seine kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweParis, yakaumba mapoka matatu ekufamba uye yakadzokera kumabvazuva akananga kuDijon. Panguva imwecheteyo, Mauto gumi nemapfumbamwe eGerman, akadzokera kuchamhembe kuburikidza nemupata weRhone akananga kuPlateau de Langres kwaakabatanidzwa neGerman Fifth Panzer Army iyo yakapiwa kuArmy Group G kuitira kuti kurwisa kurwiswa kunogona kuendeswa kurwisa United States Third Army. Kudzokera shure hakuna kuenda sezvakanga zvarongwa, sezvo Mauto gumi nemapfumbamwe akadzokera shure vanhu vazhinji veBoka reMauto G vakatorwa nhapwa neChitanhatu cheUnited States Army Group. Panguva iyo kudzokera kwacho kwakanga kwapera, Mukuru Mukuru Johannes Blaskowitz akanga arasikirwa nehafu yesimba rake uye akatsiviwa musi wa 21 September na Mukuru Mukuru Hermann Balck. Pakazosvika pakati paSeptember Fifth yakanga yava panzvimbo yayo parutivi rworuboshwe rwemutsetse weGermany kuchamhembe kwemuganhu weSwitzerland. Kubva ipapo Fifth Panzer pamwe nezvikamu zveFirst yakarwisa United States Third Army, nepo yakaderedzwa zvikuru yeGerman 19th Army yakashora French First Army uye US Seventh Army pasi peGeneral Alexander M. Patch.