Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment pakutanga yaishandira mu31st Independent Infantry Brigade kusvika 1941 payakachinjirwa kuita basa reGlider infantry, ichishanda sechikamu che1st Airlanding Brigade mu1st Airborne Division. Savakadaro, vakamhara muSicily
muna 1943 apo ivo, pamwe chete navamwe vose veboka, iro rakanga rakaderedzwa kwenguva pfupi kuva mabhatani maviri, vakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru mukati meOperation Ladbroke ine njodzi. Nemhaka yokurasikirwa kukuru munguva yeLadbroke brigade haina kubatanidzwa mukupinda kweItaly uye yakadzoserwa kuEngland kugadzirira kupinda kweFrance. Vakatora rutivi muOperation Market Garden, uye vakaita basa rinokosha muHondo yeArnhem muna September 1944.