 Pashure pokugadziridzwa kwenguva refu muGermany, vakadzokera kuFrance mukuvamba kwa1941 uko vakaperekedza ngarava dzehondo dzakanga dzichidzoka, zvikepe zvokutengeserana, uye ngarava dzokutengesa nomugungwa reBiscay kwemwedzi inoverengeka. Akagara muGermany kwegore rose pashure pokudzokera muna July. Ngarava yacho yakaendeswa kuFrance mukuvamba kwa1942 kunoperekedza ngarava huru sezvavakayambuka neEnglish Channel kudzokera kuGermany Channel Dash. Ihn akabva aendeswa kuNorway uko akapinda mukurwiswa kwakati kuti kwakanga kusina kubudirira kwezvikepe zvaienda kuSoviet Union. Pashure pacho akadzokera kuGermany ndokugara ikoko kwegore rose. Ngarava yakapedza chikamu chikuru cha1943 kuchamhembe kweNorway kunyangwe yaive isingaite nekuda kwekushomeka kwemafuta. Ihn akarayirwa kumusha nokuda kwekugadziriswa kwenguva refu mukupera kwegore uye akatumirwa kumaodzanyemba kweNorway pakupera kwayo pakati pe1944. Ngarava yacho yakaramba iri ikoko kwehondo yose, kunyange zvazvo yakaita nzendo dzinoverengeka dzokubvisa vapoteri kubva kuEast Prussia mumazuva okupedzisira ehondo. 