Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Da farko, an tattara wani rukunin da ake kira 271st Infantry Division farawa a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1940, bayan umarnin 22 ga Mayu. Bayan yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta tsakanin Faransa da Jamus
, an katse taron sashen a ranar 22 ga Yuli. An tsara sashin ya kunshi Rundunar Sojoji 562, 563, da 564, da kuma Artillery Detachment 271 da kuma Rukunin Rukunin 271.