 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ikoko akagadzirira kupinda kweEurope yaigarwa navaNazi. Musi wa5 June 1944, chikwata ichi chakabva chakananga kunzvimbo dzacho dzakanga dzakatarwa muFrance yainge yakatorwa neNazi, kutanga na23:48 maawa. Pasinei neredhiyo yakasviba, ndege yakanyanyisa, gore rakaderera uye kushayikwa kwenzvimbo dzakaratidzwa, vakatakura maparachute infantry e101st Airborne Divisions 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment, avo vakadonhedzwa nguva pfupi yapfuura pakati pehusiku munzvimbo yekuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweCarentan. Basa rokusimbisa rinotakurirwa neglider rakatevera, richitakura zvombo, zvombo, zvokudya, uye zvimwe zvinogovera. 