Kuramba kwenyaya ino - Kufambira mberi nokukurumidza kwemauto eAllied mukuvamba kwaSeptember 1944 kwakanga kwaparira chinetso chokugovera zvinhu: mitsetse yokugovera kubva kuzviteshi zvengarava zvakarongedzerwa muNormandy kuenda kunhare yakanga yava yakareba zvikuru. Kushandisa chiteshi chengarava cheAntwerp kwaizogadzirisa chinetso ichi, asi pashure pokusunungurwa neAllied
weguta rino musi wa3 na4 Gunyana 1944, mahombekombe eScheldt Estuary akanga achiri mumaoko ehondo yeGermany, achivabvumira kuvhara kutumira kuAntwerp. Zvikurukuru chaimbova chitsuwa cheWalcheren, pamuromo weWestern Scheldt chakanga chava nhare, chizere nemabhatiri emhenderekedzo yegungwa anosvika kure ayo aidzora kusvika kwegungwa. Ikokuwo kwakaita kuti kubvisa minda yemigodhi yakadyarwa navaGermany mumugwagwa wokuendesa ngarava kuAntwerp kupfurikidza nevanotsvaira zvimbambaira kuve kusingabviri. Naizvozvo kuchenesa Walcheren kwakava kudikanwa kwechiuto.