Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yechipiri D.L.I. yakasimudza mabattalion gumi nemashanu, maviri Regular, matanhatu 1st uye 2nd mutsara Territorial (imwe yakatumidzwa zita uye yakaendeswa kune imwe chikwata), uye hondo yasara yakaumbwa (zvikurukuru inonzi 'Dunkirk' battalions), iine gumi ichiona basa rinoshanda mhiri kwemakungwa muFrance, Burma, North Africa, Italy, uye France neGermany
. Nhamba yakaderera yemabhatani akaunganidzwa zvichienzaniswa neHondo Yenyika Yekutanga yaive nekuda kwekuwedzera kwehunyanzvi hweuto rakagadzirwa nemichina uye zvido zvaro zvekutsigira. Mukuwedzera, mapoka makumi maviri nematanhatu eHome Guard akapfeka bheji reDLI.