Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akaberekwa mwanakomana waArthur Blair uye akadzidza paHarrow School neRoyal Military College, Sandhurst, Blair akagadzwa saMutevedzeri wechipiri muSeaforth Highlanders musi wa26 Ndira 1939. Akashanda muHondo yeNyika II neBataiyoni rechipiri nerechinomwe rehurumende yake. Achishumira ne 2nd Battalion, iyo yakaumba chikamu che 51st (Highland) Division, muna 1940, battalion yakamanikidzwa kuzvipira kuDunkirk, uye akava musungwa wehondo kuOflag V-B musasa kuBiberach muBaden-Württemberg. Akapotera kuSwitzerland uye kubva ikoko kuSpain uye kuGibraltar. Somunhu akadaro akanga ari mukuru mukuru wokutanga kudzokera kumusha pashure pokutiza musasa wevasungwa vehondo. Blair akapiwa mubayiro weMilitary Cross nokuda kwezvaakaita. Akazoshanda ne7th Battalion, Seaforths, iyo yaive chikamu che15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, uye yaive nebato rose munguva yese yekuNorthwest Europe
, vakamhara muNormandy nguva pfupi pashure peD-Day muna June 1944 uye vakarwa kusvikira paVictory in Europe Day inenge mwedzi gumi nerimwe gare gare.