Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1940 chikwata ichi chaive chakashongedzerwa ne 8 x 4.5 inch Howitzers & 4 x 18/25 pounder pfuti, yakagara muUnited Kingdom kusvika 1944 ichibatanidzwa kune akasiyana maumbirwo: 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division kubva pakuunganidzwa kusvika 9 Chikumi 1942, ipapo 42nd Armoured Division kusvika 3 Chivabvu 1943. Apo 21st Army Group yakaumbwa muna Chikunguru 1943 kugadzirira Allied invasion yeNormandy (Operation Overlord), 86th Fd Rgt yakapiwa kuI Corps sechikwata chezvombo zvepfuti. Munguva iyi yakashandisa huwandu hwemotokari itsva dzekuzvifambisa dzinosanganisira Bhishopi, Mupristi uye Sexton pfuti dzekuzvifambisa. The chikwata vakadzidziswa amphibious kurwisa unyanzvi nokuda Overlord sezvo chikamu Second Army Mauto, akapiwa kutsigira 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division musi D-Day (6 June 1944). Gare gare yakapinda muhondo dzinotevera: Normandy, Antwerp, Nijmegen
, Ardennes, Rhine Crossing, Bremen.