 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kukunda kweBritain muHondo yeBritain kwakawanikwa nemutengo wakakura. Kurasikirwa kwevanhu vose veBritain kubva muna Chikunguru kusvika muna Zvita 1940 kwaiva 23 002 vakafa uye 32 138 vakakuvadzwa, pamwe chete nekurwiswa kukuru kwe19 Zvita 1940, umo vanhu vanenge 3 000 vakafa. Nokuguma kwokudenha kwamasikati kwakanyanyisa, Britain yakakwanisa kuvakazve masimba ayo ehondo ndokuzvisimbisa imene senhare yeAllied, gare gare ichibatira sehwaro kubva kwarwo Rusununguko rweWestern Europeyakatangwa. 