Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Sojojin da aka tilasta su yin aiki ba tare da la'akari da rashin nasarar da suka yi a Faransa a watan Mayu na 1940 da kuma kare kariya na Hong Kong a watan Disamba na 1941 ya haifar da rashin jin dadi a cikin sojojin, jama'a da gwamnati. A cikin wannan yanayi, lokaci ya yi daidai ga Lord Louis Mountbatten's ill-advised and unauthorized
kai hari da karfi. Rileys sun rasa daruruwan samarin su a rana guda a shekarar 1942, lokacin da aka shafe su a matsayin dakarun yaki a Dieppe.