Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin bazara da lokacin rani na 1939, an ba da umarnin a ninka rundunar soji sau biyu, don fuskantar barazanar Nazi Jamus. A sakamakon haka, Bataliya ta 1 ta tayar da wani rukuni na biyu, Bataliya ta 2 wacce aka sanya wa Brigade na 46 (Highland), 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division. Tare da rukunin, 2nd Battalion ya kasance a Burtaniya har sai da aka tura shi zuwa ƙasashen waje, zuwa Faransa, a watan Yunin 1944. Bataliya ta yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Normandy a cikin Operation Epsom da Yaƙin Odon na biyu, sannan Operation Bluecoat da ci gaban Allied daga Paris zuwa Rhine
Ka yi haƙuri. Daga baya bataliya ta taka karamar rawa a Operation Market Garden, daga baya ta shiga cikin Operation Veritable kuma ta tsallaka Rhine a cikin Operation Plunder, a ƙarshe ta ci gaba zuwa Jamus a cikin mamayewar Yammacin Allied na Jamus. A lokacin Operation Epsom ""Batalyon na 2, Glasgow Highlanders sun rasa jami'ai 12 kuma sun ci gaba da kusan 200 da suka mutu, galibi a kusa da ƙauyen Cheux da ake takaddama da shi. Jimlar ƙarfin wannan rundunar ta kusan jami'ai 35 da sauran darajoji 786; don haka asarar "rana ɗaya" ta kai kashi 34% na jami'ansu da kusan kashi 25% na dukan rundunar bindigogi.