 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokunzwisisa kuri nani zvikuru nokuronga, kumhara kwegliders muHondo yeNormandy kwakabudirira zvikuru. Zvikurukuru, imwe coup de main force muzvikwata zvitanhatu zveHorsa zvakatora Caen canal neOrne river bridgesnenzira inoshamisa, inotungamirirwa naMajor John Howard. The 6th British Airlanding Brigade, chikamu 6th Airborne Division United Kingdom, vakanga vari chiito mangwanani kutevera akaisa kumhara, uye akadzivisa mangwanani kuedza German kuti counter-kurwisa Allied kumhara. Kubhururuka kweAmerica kwakanga kwakapararira zvikuru, asi kwakanga kuchiri kubudirira zvikuru kupfuura zvaikarirwa navagadziri vazhinji. 