Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tsakanin 1940 da 1941, Rukunin na 5 ya shiga cikin yaƙin a Gabashin Afirka. Bayan lokuta a Misira, Cyprus da Siriya, ta hanyar 1942 ya shiga cikin fadace-fadace a Yammacin Hamada na Arewacin Afirka da kuma janye sojojin Allied zuwa El Alamein. A ƙarshen 1943, an tura rukunin na 5 zuwa Indiya kuma ya shiga cikin yaƙin a Burma, da farko an tura shi zuwa gaban Arakan. Bayan da aka kayar da Jafananci a yakin Admin Box, an tura sashin zuwa arewa don shiga cikin yakin Imphal da yakin Kohima
Ka yi haƙuri. Bayan haka, sashin ya kasance kusan koyaushe a cikin ci gaba ta tsakiyar Burma har sai yaƙin ya ƙare tare da mika wuya na Japan a watan Agusta 1945. Bayan karshen yakin, shi ne na farko naúrar a Singapore sa'an nan kuma ya yi yaƙi da pro-Independence sojojin a Gabashin Java yayin da kare dawo da Allied fursunoni na yaki da aka kurkuku a can.