Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na faavaeina le 3rd Parachute Brigade ia Novema 1942 ma tofia i le 1st Airborne Division. O le brigade, i lalo o le pule a le Brigadier Alexander Stanier, na aofia ai le 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion, sa avea muamua ma le 10th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, le 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion, na liua mai le 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, ma le 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion, sa avea muamua ma le 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. E leʻi umi ae tuua loa e le 1st Parachute Brigade le vaega, ina ia auai i le Operation Torch, o le osofaʻiga a le Allied
na taunuu i Aferika i Matu, ma na iʻu ai ina auai i le tele o gaoioiga i Aferika i Matu, e ui lava na tau o se vaega o fitafita.