Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 3rd Parachute Brigade yakaumbwa muna November 1942 uye yakapiwa ku1st Airborne Division. Brigade, pasi paBrigadier Alexander Stanier, yaisanganisira 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion, yaimbova 10th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion, yakashandurwa kubva ku13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, uye 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion, yaimbova 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, 1st Parachute Brigade yakasiya divi racho, kuti igoverane muOperation Torch, maAllied
yakasvika kuNorth Africa, uye yakaguma ichibatanidzwa mumabasa akawanda muNorth Africa, kunyange zvazvo ichirwisana nebasa revashandi.