Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Operation Tonga malitere na atụmatụ nke Operation Overlord, atụmatụ maka mbuso agha France na mmeghe nke abụọ
n'Ebe Ugwu-Ọdịda Anyanwụ Europe. A malitere ime atụmatụ maka mwakpo ndị Allied ga-awakpo Europe na May 1943 mgbe Onyeisi ala United States bụ́ Franklin Delano Roosevelt na Churchill zutere na Nzukọ Washington. Ndị isi ndị Allied abụọ ahụ kpebiri na ndị agha Allied niile dị na ebe a na-eme ihe nkiri kwesịrị ilekwasị anya na Great Britain, na atụmatụ maka mwakpo nke North-Western Europe kwesịrị ịmalite. E setịpụrụ ụbọchị ezubere iche nke Mee 1944, aha koodu ahụ bụ Overlord kpebiri, na ndị ọrụ nhazi nke Anglo-American guzobere n'okpuru Lieutenant-General Frederick E. Morgan, onye e nyere aha nke Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (COSSAC). Atụmatụ a mechara kweta na-akpọ maka British 6th Airborne Division na American 82nd na 101st Airborne Divisions ka ha daa n'akụkụ ọ bụla nke ebe ọdịda iji chebe akụkụ ha ma chebe ndị agha ọdịda site na counterattack. Ndị agha ụgbọelu nke ndị Briten ga-ada n'ọwụwa anyanwụ na ndị agha ụgbọelu nke ndị America ga-ada n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke Bayeux iji kwado ndị agha na ndị agha agha na-aga n'ihu site na beachheads. Ọrụ ahụ malitere n'abalị nke 5 June, na nkenye nke 6th Airborne Division n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ Normandy. E nyere ya ọrụ ichebe akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke ndị Allied si n'oké osimiri na-abata, na-echebe mpaghara ndị dị mkpa n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ Caen, na-ejide ọtụtụ àkwà mmiri dị mkpa n'elu Caen Canal na River Dives, ma na-ebibi batrị ụsụụ ndị agha dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri.