Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I tiimata te pakanga a te 1/8 o te Bata i te 125th Brigade me te 1/5th me te 1/6th Battalions, engari i a ia i Parani me te British Expeditionary Force (BEF) i whakawhiti me te 1st Battalion, Border Regiment ki te 4th Infantry Brigade he waahanga o te 2nd Infantry Division, hei waahanga o te kaupapa here a te BEF ki te whakakotahi i nga ope a-rohe me nga rohe. I te Pakanga o Parani, ko te 1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers, me te 1st Battalion, Royal Scots me te 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment, i takahia i te 26-27 o Mei 1940 i te taha o te kainga o Locon, 2 kiromita ki te raki o Bethune, na nga hoia Tiamana e haere ana. He maha nga kohurutanga o nga herehere Allied i puta i muri tata mai, penei i te kohurutanga o Le Paradis, ko te nuinga na te Tiamana SS Totenkopf Division. I muri mai, i whawhai te ope taua i te pakanga o Burma, i uru ki nga pakanga rongonui maha, penei i te Pakanga o Kohima
, e mahi ana i te ope taua tekau ma wha o Ingarangi i raro i a Bill Slim.