Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei rārangi - I whakaae ngā Rōpū Whakakotahitanga ki te tīmata i ngā kōrero mō te whakamahere i te whakaekenga o Wīwī, ko te ingoa waehere Operation Overlord, i roto i tētahi pūrongo ngaro a te Joint Chiefs of Staff. I whakaaetia kia timata a Overlord i te Mei 1, 1944, engari i muri mai ka kore e whai whakaaro, ka mutu te ra i muri mai. Heoi, ehara ko Overlord anake te whiringa; hei tauira, ko te Operation Jupiter he kaha pea mena ka kaha rawa nga Tiamana ki te takutai o Parani. I te Moana-a-Kiwa (he waahi i tino hiahia a Churchill) i whakatau ratou ki te whakakotahi i te kaha ki te tango i a Itari mai i te hononga o nga mana Axis me te noho ki a ia me Corsica. I mārama a Churchill rāua ko Roosevelt e whakaae ana rātau ki te tuku ā-kore o Itari anake, kia mutu katoatia ai te whawhai. I tae mai nga korero mo te hinganga o Hicily
ki ngā ope o te Rōpū Taua, he whakaekenga i 38 rā noa iho. I whakatauhia ko te whakaekenga o Itari ka timata i te Mahuru 3, 1943. Heoi anō, i hainatia he rangimarie i taua rā anō, nā reira i kore ai a Itari e uru atu ki te pakanga.