Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1940 Horrocks akatungamirira battalion munguva yeHondo yeFrance, nguva yokutanga yaakashumira pasi paBernard Montgomery, mutungamiriri weBritain akakurumbira zvikuru wehondo yacho. Gare gare Montgomery akaziva Horrocks somumwe wavakuru vake vanokwanisa zvikuru, achimugadza kuti atungamirire mapoka muNorth Africa neEurope
. 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.