Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: O le 6th Battalion o se vaega taua na faavaeina i le masina o Oketopa 1940. I le amataga o le 1942, na tofia ai le batailiona i le 210th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home), e galulue faatasi ma le 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers ma le 2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles. O le brigade sa i lalo o le taitaiga a le Brigadier The O'Donovan ma mulimuli ane toe faaigoaina o le 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade, lea sa avea ma vaega o le 6th Armoured Division. I le taimi o taua i Italia, na auauna ai le 6th Battalion i le nofoaga lava lea e tasi e pei o le 2nd Battalion. O le 6th Battalion na tau i le Tunisia Campaign i North Africa i le 1942-1943 ma le vaega o le 6th Armoured Division, o se vaega o le British First Army, ma o le 2nd Battalion na auai i le Tunisia Campaign i le 1942-1943.
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