Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tsarin farko na Rundunar Sojoji (TA) wanda aka kafa a Yorkshire, rukunin <unk> wanda ya kunshi George Sutton na 125, Eric Miles na 126 da John Smyth na 127th Infantry Brigades, da kuma dakarun da ke cikin rukunin <unk> sun yi yaƙi a Faransa kwanan nan kuma daga baya suka shiga cikin kwashewar Dunkirk, suna fama da mummunan hasara a cikin ma'aikata da kayan aiki, kuma suna buƙatar a kawo su ƙarfi don fuskantar yiwuwar mamayewar Jamus na Burtaniya wanda, bayan da aka yi yakin basasa
Faransa ta mika wuya, an yi la'akari da cewa mai yiwuwa ne. Na 42, sa'an nan kuma yana aiki a karkashin William Holmes na X Corps, an hanzarta kawo shi ga ƙarfin maza ta hanyar karɓar dubban 'yan takara <unk> kaɗan daga cikinsu sun sami kowane irin kwarewar soja <unk> ko da yake sashin ya kasance a takaice a kan kayan aiki na kowane nau'i kuma, a cikin shekara da kuma cikin 1941, sashin ya motsa sau da yawa a kusa da kasar, yana canzawa tsakanin tsaron bakin teku da horo don kawar da mamayewar Jamus.