Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - The 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment nọ na mbụ na-eje ozi na 31st Independent Infantry Brigade ruo mgbe 1941 mgbe a gbanwere ya ka ọ bụrụ ọrụ ndị agha na-agba ọsọ, na-eje ozi dị ka akụkụ nke 1st Airlanding Brigade na 1st Airborne Division. N'ihi ya, ha rutere Sicily.
n'afọ 1943 ebe ha, tinyere ndị fọdụrụ na brigade, nke na-adịru nwa oge ruo battalion abụọ, tara ahụhụ dị ukwuu n'oge ọdachi ahụ Operation Ladbroke. N'ihi nnukwu ọnwụ ndị mmadụ nwụrụ n'oge Ladbroke, ndị agha ahụ esoghị lụso Ịtali agha ma laghachi England iji kwadebe maka mbuso agha nke France. Ha sonyere na Operation Market Garden, ma rụọ ọrụ dị mkpa na Agha nke Arnhem na Septemba 1944.