Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo yeNyika II yakatanga musi wa 3 September, neCalais ichiwira mumaoko eGermany musi wa 25 May 1940. Dhipatimendi rePas-de-Calais rakava nzvimbo inochengetedzwa zvikuru, inotungamirirwa ne"Oberkommando der Wehrmacht" muBrussels, Belgium. Munharaunda yegungwa maiva ne"nzvimbo tsvuku". Kwakataurwa kuti mutemo weFrance hauna kushanda munharaunda iyi. Maererano nemitemo yechibvumirano chokumisa hondo
, France yaifanira kupa njanji dzayo kuvaGermany dzisina kukuvadzwa uye yaifanira kushanda pamwe chete nezviremera zveGermany kuti dziidzorere kumamiriro ezvinhu anoshanda. Muna May 1942, mutsara webazi wakavakwa paBerck-Ville kuti ubatanidze nenhandare yendege, yaishandiswa neLuftwaffe. Mabasa akaderedzwa zvakare nemhaka yevakuru veGermany vachikumbira zvimwe zvemotokari nemidziyo yeCF du ARB. Basa remauto raikosheswa kupfuura mabasa ehurumende. Muna September 1943, ngoro sere dzebhokisi dzakakanganiswa zvikuru apo Berck-Plage yakava pasi pokurwiswa kukuru. Dzimwe ngoro dzacho dzakanga dzichifamba muna December dzisina magirazi, zvichiita kuti pave nokunyunyuta mupepanhau romunzvimbomo.