Kubuda kweBritain muDunkirk muna 1940 kwakaratidza Admiralty kuti vaAllies vaida ngarava dzakakura zvikuru, dzaigona kufamba nomugungwa dzaigona kutakura matangi nedzimwe motokari kubva kumahombekombe kuenda kumahombekombe pakurwiswa kweEurope. Senzira yapakati, ngarava nhatu dzetangi dzeGRT 4,000 kusvika ku4,800, dzakavakwa kuti dzipfuure pamusoro pemarata anorambidza eGungwa reMaracaibo, Venezuela, dzakasarudzwa nokuda kwokushandurwa nemhaka yokunyura kwadzo kwakaderera. Masuo emuromo uye mapuranga akawedzerwa kune zvikepe izvi, izvo zvakava zvikepe zvekutanga zvekutakura zvikepe, LST (1):, uye. Gare gare vakaratidza kukosha kwavo mukati mokupinda kweAlgeria
muna 1942, asi zvombo zvavo zvaiva nemapapiro zvaisagona kufamba nokukurumidza uye zvairatidza kudiwa kwokugadzirwa kutsva chose chose kwaisanganisira chimiro chechikepe chakanaka zvikuru.