Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Guutada 2aad waxay dagaalka ku bilaabeen Jamaica, iyadoo shirkad loo diray Bermuda Garrison. Guutada ayaa ugu dambeyntii ku biireysa Guutada 185aad ee Ciidamada, oo ay ku jiraan Guutada 2aad, Royal Warwickshire Regiment iyo Guutada 1aad, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Guutada waxaa markii hore loo qoondeeyay 79th Armoured Division, laakiin waxaa loo wareejiyay 3rd British Infantry Division bishii Abriil 1943, markii qeybta ay isku diyaarineysay inay ku duulaan Sicily, illaa ay ku badashay 1st Canadian Infantry Division. Guutada waxay ka qeyb qaadatay duulaankii maalintii D ee hawlgalka Overlord, halkaas oo ay ku guuldareysteen inay qabsadaan ujeedada D-Day ee
Caen oo ay joogaan ciidamada gaashaaman ee 21aad. Guutada 2aad waxay ku dagaalameen Ololaha Normandy, Howlgalka Market Garden iyo inta kale ee Ololaha Waqooyi Galbeed Yurub oo ay la socdaan Ciidanka Labaad ee Ingiriiska. Bishii Maarso 1945, Sargaal James Stokes, oo reer Scotland ah, oo ka tirsan Guutada 2aad ayaa si posthumous ah loogu guddoonsiiyay Victoria Cross.