 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Kutevera kuderera kweAllied D-Day musi wa6 June, 2nd Parachute Division yakatumirwa kunharaunda yeBrittany yeFrance, ndokutora nzvimbo dzekuzvidzivirira paBrest. Zvichitevera Operation Cobra, kupukunyuka kweAllied kubva kuNormandy, Major-General Troy H. Middletons U.S. VIII Corps akabata kurudyi kubva kuNormandy ndokurwisa nzvimbo yeBrittany. Mauto eGermany munharaunda yacho akadzokera kuBrest, uye Ramcke akatora mutungamiri weboka revarwi, zvino rinozivikanwa se Festung Brest. Achitungamirira mauto eGermany anenge 30 000 muHondo yeBrest, Ramcke akarayirwa naHitler kuti arwe kusvikira kumunhu wokupedzisira. Akanga akatsunga kuita uyu murairo, uye akaruramisa kuita kudaro pamusana pokuti kupfuurira kwekuramba paBrest kwaizotsausa mauto eAllied kure neGermany. Pamberi pokutanga kwehondo Ramcke akabudisa huwandu hukuru hwevagari vemuFrance kubva kuBrest. Ramcke akaendesa maparatroopers kuti asimbise nzvimbo dzaive dzakabatwa nezvikamu zvisina kunyatsodzidziswa uye zvakashongedzerwa, kusanganisira 343rd Infantry Division, iyo yakaumba chikamu chikuru chevarwi. Iye akarairawo kuparadzwa kwezvivako zvose muBrest izvo zvaigona kushandiswa nemauto eSangano nokuda kwechinangwa chipi nechipi. Hondo yeBrest yakatanga musi wa21 August. Pashure pokurwisana kwakasimba, mauto eU.S. Army akapwanya kuzvidzivirira kweBrest musi wa13 September. Pazuva iroro Middleton akatumira Ramcke tsamba yaitaura kuti akunde garrison nomufaro, asi akaramba. Pashure pokuziva chisarudzo chaRamcke, Middleton akarayira varume vake kuti vaparadzanise vaGermany. Wezvenhau Derek R. Mallett akadana zviito zvaRamcke panguva yeHondo yeBrest kuti kunyanyisa. 