Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - 1st Tank Brigade kwagara United Kingdom n'oge ọkọchị nke 1941; ndị ọrụ rutere Clyde na 30 June ma kwaga ngwa ngwa na Salisbury Plain ebe e nyere ha tankị Churchill zuru ezu maka ọzụzụ. Ndị Calgary Regiment sonyere n'ọgba aghara dị na Dieppe
na 1942. N'ịbụ ndị e nyere tankị M4 "Sherman" ọhụrụ, ndị agha ahụ dum kwagara na Mediterenian, na ndị agha Three Rivers Regiment na-esonye na mwakpo ahụ na Pachino. Ihe fọdụrụ na brigade ahụ rutere na ndị na-esochi ndị njem nke 13 Julaị ma jee ozi n'akụkụ Three Rivers Regiment maka izu ikpeazụ nke mkpọsa dị mkpirikpi na Sicily. Ọrụ nke 1st Tank Brigade na nke ikpeazụ a bụ nke nkwado ọkụ, ala siri ike na-egbochi ọrụ nke ndị agha agha. Agha maka Sicily biri na 1st Tank na nchekwa. N'ịkwadebe maka Operation Baytown, ndị mbata na ala Italy, e weghachiri aha ya 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade na August 1943. Ọ bụ ezie na a haziri ya dị ka brigade agha, ọ dịghị battalion moto na-eje ozi n'okpuru iwu. N'ịbụ ndị a maara maka obi ike na nkà ha, ndị ọchịagha ndị Britain nọ n'ọkwá dị elu na-achọkarị ụgbọ mmiri ndị Canada.