Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1940 Horrocks akatungamirira battalion munguva yeHondo yeFrance, nguva yokutanga yaakashumira pasi paBernard Montgomery, mukuru mukuru weBritain akakurumbira zvikurusa wehondo yacho. Montgomery gare gare akaziva Horrocks somumwe wevakuru vake vanokwanisa zvikuru, achimugadza kuti atungamirire mauto muNorth Africa uye
Nyika dzokuEurope Muna 1943, Horrocks akakuvadzwa zvakakomba uye zvakatora anopfuura gore kuti apore asati adzokera kunotungamirira boka muEurope. Zvinokwanisika kuti nguva iyi isiri kushanda yakareva kuti akarasikirwa nekusimudzirwa; vatungamiri vake vemazuva ano muNorth Africa, Oliver Leese naMiles Dempsey, vakapfuurira kutungamira pamwero wehondo uye pamusoro. Kukuvadzwa kwaHorrocks kwakaramba kuchikanganisa utano hwake uye kwakatungamirira kukubva kwake muchiuto nokukurumidza pashure pehondo.