 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Zvadaro divi racho rakabatana neII Corps pakufamba kwayo kunonzi kumaodzanyemba ichibva kuScotland ichienda kuEngland, muna June 1944, richiva chikamu cheFortitude South kuti vaGermany vabvume kuti kurwisa kweNormandykwakanga kuri kwokunyepedzera uye kupinda kukuru kweVasonganiri kwaizoitika muPas-de-Calais nesimba ravarume 500 000. Kunyengera kwacho kwaiva nechinangwa chokunyengetedza vaGermany kuti vasatamise mapoka 18 euto rechi15 kubva kuPas-de-Calais kuenda kuNormandy. Chikamu ichi chakapawo chiratidzo nevakuru vakuru kuti vagadzire 55th US Infantry Division. Muna Chikunguru, divi racho rakashumwa sechikamu chekurwisa kurovedza pedyo neSouthampton. MunaSeptember, sezvo Fortitude kunyengera kwakanga kwakakuvadzwa pasi uye Fourth Army yakapararira, yakabvumirwa kuzivikanwa kuti chikamu chakanga chadzokera kune basa rekudzidzisa. Munyori wenhau Gerhard Weinberg akanyora kuti vaGermany vakatenda nokukurumidza mungozi yePas de Calais uye yakanga iri chete pakupera kwaJuly kuti vakaziva kuti kurwisa kwechipiri kwakanga kusiri kuuya, uye panguva iyoyo, yakanga yava kunonoka kutamisa kusimbisa. Kunyange zvakadaro, Barbier anogumisa kuti kukosha kwokunyengera kwave kuchiwedzeredzwa. Hondo yechi15 yakanga isingagoni kufamba, uye yakanga isina kugadzirira kurwa. Pasinei nokunyengedzwa, mapoka akawanda echiGermany, kusanganisira 1st SS Panzer Division muzvigadziro shure kwe15th Army, yakatumirwa kuNormandy. VaGermany vakanga vaziva, kare muna May, kuti tyisidziro kuNormandy yakanga iri chaiyoiyo. Barbier akagumisa kuti nepo maGerman akatenda kunyengera nekuda kwe pfungwa dzakatangira kukosha kwePas De Calais, vashandi veAllied vakanga vanyanyisa kukosha kwekunyengera mukukonzera kusaita basa kwe15th Army, nekuti ivo vaivewo ne pfungwa dzakatangira pane izvo Operation Fortitude zvaizoita. 