O le taua i Falani na iʻu ai i le faatoʻilaloina o le toʻatele o le vaega o le 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, ma na o vaega o le tasi le vaega na mafai ona sosola i Peretania. Ina ia faʻamalosia le agaga o fitafita o le 9th Division, ma tagata lautele o loʻo faʻaaloalo tele i le 51st, na filifili ai e toe fausia le 51st Division e ala i le toe faʻaigoaina o le 9th. I le aso 7 o Aokuso 1940, na toe faaigoa ai le 9th (Highland) Infantry Division i le 51st (Highland) Infantry Division. E lua o le 9th Division's brigades na toe faʻafouina ina ia fetaui ma i latou na leiloa i Farani, ae o le vaega na totoe na tuʻufaʻatasia ma le 51st Division na sao mai. Na faaauau ona tau le Vaega 51 fou i Aferika i Mātū, Sicily, Italia, ma le itu i mātū i sisifo o Europa
. O le 9th (Highland) Infantry Division e leʻi toe faʻatūina i le taimi poʻo le maeʻa ai o le taua.