Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, 5th Brigade bụ akụkụ ọzọ nke 2nd Infantry Division ma zigara France na 1939 obere oge mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, ebe ọ sonyeere British Expeditionary Force. Ọ jere ozi na ókèala Franco-Belgian ruo May 1940, mgbe a kpọpụrụ ya na Dunkirk mgbe ọ lụsịrị agha dị mkpirikpi ma kpụ ọkụ n'ọnụ na France na Belgium nke ndị agha German fọrọ nke nta ka ha kewapụ ndị agha BEF niile na ndị agha France. Ya na ngalaba ahụ, ndị agha ahụ nọgidere na Britain na nchebe ụlọ ruo 10 Eprel 1942, mgbe e zigara ya India ịlụ ọgụ Imperial Japanese Army mgbe ọtụtụ ọdachi dakwasịrị ndị agha Britain na ndị agha India nọ ebe ahụ. 5th Brigade jere ozi na 2nd Infantry Division na Burma Campaign n'okpuru General Slim's British Fourteenth Army ma lụọ ọgụ na
Agha nke Kohima, nke nyere aka gbanwee ọnọdụ nke mkpọsa na Far East.