Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubviswa kweBritain muDunkirk muna 1940 kwakaratidza Admiralty kuti maAllies aida ngarava huru, dzomugungwa dzaigona kutakura matangi nedzimwe motokari kubva kumahombekombe kuenda kumahombekombe mukurwiswa kweamphibious pamhenderekedzo yeEurope. 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. Ivo gare gare vakaratidza kukosha kwavo mukati me
kupinda muAlgeria muna 1942, asi zvombo zvavo zvaiva nemapapiro zvakaratidza kuti zvakanga zvisingakwanisi kukurumidza uye zvairatidza kuti paidiwa kugadzirwa kutsva kwese kwaizosanganisira goko rakanaka.