Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Ruo 27 Ọgọstụ 1941, e zigara ngalaba ahụ na United Kingdom maka ọrụ mgbochi mbuso agha, na-atụ anya mbuso agha ndị Germany, n'okpuru iwu nke Major-General Willoughby Norrie, onye were iwu na 24 Ọgọstụ 1940. Ọ banyere ụgbọ mmiri gaa Ijipt n'okpuru iwu nke Major-General Herbert Lumsden wee rute na 13 Nọvemba 1941. Mgbe onye isi ndị agha Lumsden merụrụ ahụ, onye isi ndị agha Frank Messervy weghaara iwu na Jenụwarị 1942, na-ejigide iwu ruo mgbe Major General Lumsden laghachiri na Machị. Ngalaba 1st Armoured Division so n'ọtụtụ agha nke North Africa Campaign megide "Generalfeldmarschall" Erwin Rommel, "Desert Fox", gụnyere Gazala, Mersa Matruh, El Alamein mbụ, El Alamein nke abụọ, Tebaga Gap, Mareth Line, Akarit
, El Kourzia na Tunis. N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 1942, a họpụtara Major-General Raymond Briggs ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ma na July n'afọ 1943 ka Major-General Alexander Galloway nọchiri ya.