Ka cika wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1943, an tura shi zuwa Ingila don ya yi hidima a ƙarƙashin Janar Omar Bradley. Hodges shi ne mataimakin kwamandan rundunar soji ta farko a lokacin mamayewar ranar D. Watanni biyu bayan haka, an nada shi kwamandan Sojojin Farko. A karkashin Hodges, Rundunar Soji ta Farko tana da ƙungiyoyi 18, mafi yawa a ƙarƙashin umarnin kowane janar a cikin
Yankin Turai na Yaƙin Duniya na II. Sojojin farko sun 'yantar da Paris, ita ce rundunar Sojojin farko da ta shiga Jamus, kuma ta raba Nazi Jamus biyu ta hanyar ci gaba zuwa gabas don haɗuwa da sojojin Soviet da suka ci gaba zuwa yamma.