Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ gachara n'ụsọ oké osimiri ọwụwa anyanwụ nke United States, "Mainstay" na-agbagha na Chesapeake Bay ma sonye na Ngalaba Mgba 32 na 21 July. Ụbọchị atọ ka nke ahụ gasịrị ọ gawara Mediterenian, ma, dị ka onye na-esote ndị njem UGS-49, bịarutere Oran, Algeria, na 10 August. N'abalị iri na ise n'ọnwa ahụ, ọ banyere n'ụgbọ mmiri na-ehichapụ ogbunigwe iji kwado ndị agha Amerịka.
Ndị Allied wakporo ndịda France n'ụsọ oké osimiri Provence. O mechiri ụsọ oké osimiri French n'ụbọchị iri abụọ nke ọnwa Ọgọst, n'ime ọnwa abụọ sochirinụ, ọ na-achọ ebe ndị iro na-egwu ala site na Marseilles, France, ruo San Remo, Italy. Mgbe ọ na-ekpuchi mmiri dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri n'etiti Menton, France, na Ventimiglia, Italy, ọ bịara n'okpuru ọkụ site na batrị ndị Germany n'ụsọ oké osimiri na 9 na 10 Septemba ma jiri egbe egbe 3-inch gbaa egbe ndị iro ahụ. Na mgbakwunye, o nyere aka gbochie mwakpo site na mmiri, otu nwoke "torpedo mmadụ" na ụgbọ mmiri nkwado egbe na 10.