 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Maererano nemabhuku aMaria von Trapp, Georg von Trapp akazviwana amene ari mumamiriro ezvinhu anonetsa pashure pokubatwa kweAustria neGermanymuna 1938. Akapiwa basa muGermany Navy, chikumbiro chinokwezva, asi akasarudza kuramba chikumbiro chacho, achirwisana nepfungwa dzeNazi. Akarambawo chikumbiro chokuti mhuri yacho iite chiitiko chokupemberera zuva rokuberekwa kwaHitler. Mhuri yacho yakasarudza kubva muAustria. Vakatora chitima kuenda kuItaly, ndokuzoenda kuLondon, vasati vaenda kuUnited States nokuda kworwendo rwavo rwokutanga rwekonzati. Muna 1939 mhuri yacho yakadzokera kuEurope kunoshanyira nyika dzeScandinavia, vachitarisira kupfuurira nemitambo yavo mumaguta akanga asingagoni kuwanwa neThird Reich. Munguva iyi, vakadzokera kuSalzburg kwemwedzi mishomanana vasati vadzokera kuSweden kuti vapedze rwendo rwacho. Kubva ikoko, vakaenda kuNorway kuti vatange rwendo rwokudzokera kuUnited States muna September 1939, Hondo Yenyika II ichangotanga. 