<prompt> Kamilisha sentensi ifuatayo: A first-line Territorial Army TA formation then stationed in Yorkshire, the division comprising George Suttons 125th, Eric Miless 126th and John Smyths 127th Infantry Brigades, plus divisional troops had recently fought in France and subsequently participated in the Dunkirk evacuation, suffering severe losses in both manpower and equipment, and needed to be brought up to strength to face a potential German invasion of Britain which, in the aftermath of the  <response>: Kifaransa kujisalimisha, ilichukuliwa uwezekano mkubwa. The 42nd, kisha kutumikia chini ya William Holmes X Corps, alikuwa haraka kuletwa juu ya nguvu katika wanaume kwa kunyonya maelfu ya conscripts - wachache ambao walikuwa na aina yoyote ya uzoefu wa kijeshi - ingawa mgawanyiko bado alikuwa mfupi sana juu ya vifaa vya kila aina na, kwa mwaka mzima na katika 1941, mgawanyiko wakiongozwa mara nyingi kote nchini, alternating kati ya ulinzi pwani na mafunzo ya kukomesha inatarajiwa uvamizi wa Ujerumani. 