 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvisinei, mutsara weFrance wakanga usina kusimba pedyo nesango reArdennes. General Maurice Gamelin, pavakanga vachigadzira chirongwa cheDyle, vakatenda kuti nzvimbo iyi, ine nzvimbo dzayo dzisina kugadzikana, yaizova nzira isingafungidzike yekupinda kwemauto eGerman; kana ikayambuka, yaizoitwa zvishoma nezvishoma izvo zvaizobvumira maFrance nguva yekuunza masimba uye kurwisa. Hondo yeGermany, ichigadzirisazve hurongwa hwayo kubva pakudzokororwa kwechirongwa cheHondo Yenyika Yekutanga, yakaziva uye yakashandisa nzvimbo iyi isina kusimba munharaunda yekudzivirira yeFrance. Kufambira mberi nokukurumidza nomusango uye kuyambuka Rwizi Meuse kwakakomberedza mazhinji emauto eAllied, zvichikonzera kuti uto guru ribviswe paDunkirkkuchisiya mauto ari kumaodzanyemba asingakwanisi kurwisa zvinobudirira kupindirwa kweFrance neGermany. 