 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MuHondo Yenyika II, 8th Infantry Division yakatumirwa kuEurope kunorwa neAxis. Mushure mokudzidziswa muIreland, 8th Infantry Division yakasvika paUtah Beach, Normandy, 4 July 1944, uye yakapinda muhondo musi wa 7 July. Nokukurumidza pashure pokusvika kwaro, boka racho rakatora maguta echiFrench eRennes neBrest. Ichirwisana nemasango, yakayambuka Rwizi rweAy, musi wa26 Chikunguru, yakapfuura neRennes, musi wa8 Nyamavhuvhu, ndokurwisa Brest, kuFrancemuna September. Apo U.S. Brigadier General Charles Canham, uyo panguva iyoyo akanga ari mutevedzeri womutungamiriri we8th Infantry Division, akasvika kuti agamuchire kuzviisa pasi kwemauto eGermany muBrest, mutungamiriri weBrest garrison, General Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke akakumbira murume akaderera kuti aratidze zvikwangwani zvake. Canham akanongedzera kumapoka ake aiva pedyo ndokuti Aya ndiwo magwaro angu. Mutsara iwoyo kubvira ipapo wave uri mureza we8th Infantry Division. 