Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan horo a Amurka na tsawon watanni da yawa Eddy ya jagoranci rukunin a ƙasashen waje, ya sauka a Faransa ta Arewacin Afirka a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1942 a matsayin wani ɓangare na Operation Torch. Rukunin na 9 ya yi yaƙi a yakin da aka yi a Arewacin Afirka, kuma ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a yakin Kasserine Pass a watan Fabrairun 1943. Yaƙin ya ƙare a watan Mayu na 1943, tare da kusan sojoji 250,000 na Axis sun mika wuya. Eddy daga baya ya jagoranci sashen na 9 a
Operation Husky, sunan lambar don mamayewar Allied na Sicily, a watan Agusta 1943. A watan Nuwamba an tura Sashen na 9 zuwa Ingila a shirye-shiryen mamayewar Allied na Arewacin Faransa, wanda aka tsara don bazara na 1944.