Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I whakawhiwhia te piriti ki te 1st Airborne Division, i mua noa o te whakaekenga a Allied o Sicily, engari kaore i uru ki te whakaekenga. Engari ko te brigade i kite tuatahi i te mahi i te marama o Hepetema 1943, i te Operation Slapstick, he taunga amphibious i te tauranga o Taranto, hei waahanga o nga waahanga tuatahi o te whakaekenga a Allied o Itari. I te nuinga o te wa kaore i whakaekehia, i mau te piriti ki nga tauranga o Brindisi me Bari i mua i te wehenga atu. I te mutunga o te tau, ko te 4th Parachute Brigade i Ingarangi, e whakarite ana mo te whakaekenga a Allied o North-West Europe. Kaore te piriti i kite i nga mahi i Parani, engari i whakanohoia ki te tatari mo te ohorere i te wa o nga whakaekenga o Normandy. I waenganui i Hune me Akuhata 1944 te tere o te whakaterenga o te Allied i muri mai
i whakakorea ai te hiahia ki te tohatoha i nga ope rererangi.