Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Tae noa ki te 1 o Mahuru 1944, i te wā i riro ai i a General Eisenhower te mana whānui o ngā ope whenua o ngā Rōpū Taua ki te Raki-ki-te-Rāwhiti o Ūropi
I te mutunga o te pakanga, i whakauruhia nga ope a te US i Normandy me te British Army Tuarua me te First Canadian Army i roto i te tari matua o Ingarangi 21st Army Group, i whakahaua e General Montgomery.