Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - 2/4th Battalion yakasimudzwa muna 1939 se2nd Line Territorial Army battalion duplicate ye1st Line 4th Battalion, yakazotumidzwazve zita rekuti 1/4th Battalion. Zvose zviri zviviri 1/4th uye 2/4th battalions yakashanda mu164th Infantry Brigade, chikamu che55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division. Muna 1943, 2/4th Battalion yakaendeswa kuBritish Army's airborne forces uye yakashandurwa kuti ive 13th Parachute Battalion yeParachute Regiment, chikamu che5th Parachute Brigade, iyo pachayo yaive chikamu chechangobva kusimudzwa 6th Airborne Division. 13th Parachute Battalion yakasangana muhondo panguva yeOperation Tonga, maBritish airborne landings mumaawa ekutanga e6 June 1944, D-Day. Bhatani racho rakashanda sevarwi venguva dzose munguva yeHondo yeNormandy kusvikira yabviswa, pamwe chete nedzimwe nhengo dzeboka, kuEngland muna September 1944. 6th Airborne Division yakabva yatumirwa kuBelgium muna December 1944 kunorwa muhondo yeArdennes, Hondo yeBulge. Ivo ipapo vakabatanidzwa mukudonha kukuru kwemhepo kwehondo yose navanopfuura 16,000 varwi vemhepo vanotora rutivi, vanozivikanwa seOperation Varsity
, neUS 17th Airborne Division.