Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahaeretia te rerenga nei ki Sierra Leone mai i te marama o Hanuere ki te marama o Hune 1941. I haere tonu ki Ihipa, i tae mai i te Hurae, i reira i raro i nga Kaha o te Rawhiti, i noho poto i raro i te mana o te 4th Indian Infantry Division, XIII Corps, me te British Eighth Army, i te wa i tangohia ai te nuinga o ona waahanga. I te marama o Whiringa-a-rangi 1941, ka rere ano te Brigade HQ me te 1/4 Essex ki Kaiperu, i reira i honoa ai e nga roopu e rua o te ope taua o Inia ka tukuna ki te 5th Indian Division. I te 26 o Whiringa-a-rangi 1941 i whakawhitihia te pereti ki te Ope Taua o Inia hei 161st Indian Infantry Brigade. I te mea he hanganga Army Indian, i whai wāhi i roto i te Desert Western me Burma pakanga, te tākaro i te wahi nui i roto i te whawhai i te Imperial Japanese Army i te
Te whakapae o Kohima i waenganui o te tau 1944.