 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Chivabvu 1940, mushure memwedzi inoverengeka yekusaita basa, Mauto eGermany akatanga kurwisa kwayo kumadokero izvo zvakakonzera kuti BEF ipatsanurwe kubva kuFrench Army, yakabviswa kubva kuDunkirk. Nemhaka yekudzidziswa kwakasimba kwaMontgomery, Chikamu chechitatu chakatambura kurasikirwa kushoma uye chakawana mukurumbira seimwe yezvikamu zvakanakisisa zveBritain muFrance. Munguva yekubviswa kwaMontgomery akasimudzirwa kuva mutungamiri wenguva pfupi weII Corps uye Brigadier Kenneth Anderson akatora kutonga kwechinguva chidimbu, munaJuly, Major General James Gammell akatora mutungamiri. 