Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Rakaumbwa muna August 1943 kumaodzanyemba kweFrance yaigarwa ne"Armeegruppe Felber" (iyo "LXXXIII. Armeekorps"), 19th Army yakadzivirira kumaodzanyemba kweFrance, Vosges Mountains, Alsace, Baden uye kumaodzanyemba kweWürttemberg panguva yekupinda kweAllied kumaodzanyemba kweFrance
uye mamwe mabasa makuru ehondo eAllied ayo aiva nechinangwa chokusunungura kumaodzanyemba kweFrance nokupinda muGermany yokumaodzanyemba. Kunyange zvazvo yaiva uto rebasa, uto rechi19 rakanga risina simba uye raiumbwa nevarwi vechitatu, varwi vakakuvadzwa, vakamanikidzwa uye vaHivi. Maodzanyemba eFrance kazhinji akabatwa senzvimbo yechitatu yemitambo uye akapiwa zvishoma neOKW. Hondo yose yakanga yakashongedzerwa nemidziyo yakakuvadzwa uye isingachashandi, nemapoka mana ehondo yechi19 akasarudzwa "mapoka akanyarara", zvichireva kuti vakabvisirwa zvinhu zvese zvinofamba uye vakarambidzwa kufamba kubva munzvimbo dzavakagoverwa. VaHiwi zvikurukuru vakabvumikisa kuva vasina kuvimbika uye kazhinji kazhinji vakasiya kana kuti vakapa mukana wokutanga. Chinhu choga chakanga chichityisidzira zvirongwa zveAllied chaiva 11th Panzer Division, uye kunyange ipapo yakanga iine 2 yemabhatani ayo mashanu ematangi akapiwazve kune mamwe masangano aionekwa seakakosha zvikuru kuhondo.