Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mauto ekuchengetedza - kana kusavapo kwawo - akaita basa rakakosha muhondo nemishandirapamwe munhoroondo yese, kunyanya muzana ramakumi maviri. Nazi Germany yakatumira mauto kubva kuFrance nekumaodzanyemba kweEurope kuenda kuTunisia, ichidzivirira kuparara kwenyika mushure meOperation Torch, uye gare gare kuenda kuItaly, ichitora kutonga pamusoro penyika iyoyo mushure mekubva kweAllied uye kuwira kweItaly. Zvakare, kushayikwa kwezvokuchengetera zvokutarisana neAllied landings muSicily kwakamanikidza maGerman kutamisa mauto kubva kuEastern Front, zvichikanganisa kurwisa kweKursk muna 1943
, uye kushandiswa kwemari yavo yokupedzisira muHondo yeBulge kwakabetsera zvikuru kukuparara kweGermany kwose muna 1945.