 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa10 Kubvumbi 1942, Major-General Gerald Templer akatsiva Utterson-Kelso seGOC. Templer akanga ashanda muBEF muFrance asati apiwa mutungamiri webato pakudzokera kuUnited Kingdom, ipapo bhiriji. Zvichitevera kugadzwa kwake, Templer akaronga kuratidzwa kwemigumisiro yekurwisa ndege dzehondo dzezvinangwa zvepasi asi kukanganisa kwevatyairi kwakakonzera kuti 27 vaoni vaurayiwe uye vamwe 80 kusanganisira Templer vakakuvadzwa muImber friendly fire incident. Pakazosvika May 1942, boka racho rakanga riri muHampshire uye rakanga riine basa rokurwisa chero hondo ipi zvayo yaigona kuitika mumahombekombe yakaitwa nemauto eGermany. Muna June, divi racho rakaiswa pasi pekutungamirirwa kweHampshire neDorset District uye rakaramba riri pasi pekutungamirirwa uku kusvikira munaJanuary 1944. Musi wa14 Gunyana 1942, zvichitevera kukwidziridzwa kwaTempler, Major-General Alfred Eryk Robinson akava GOC wedhivhizheni. Robinson akanga arayira 1st Battalion, Green Howards munguva yeNorway campaign, asati apiwa basa rokutungamirira boka revarwi paakadzokera kuEngland. Chikamu chakaramba chiri kumaodzanyemba kusvikira muna Ndira 1944, apo chakapiwa kuNorthern Command, isati yashandurwa kuSouthern Command munaKurume. Yakadzorerwa kuNorthern Command muna July. Dzimwe dzenzira idzi, pamwe chete nedzinofungidzirwa, dzakaziviswa nemaune nevashandi vaviri sechikamu cheOperation Fortitude. Pakati paApril naGumiguru 1944, 141st Brigade yakaitwa mutoro wechikamu chekupinda munzvimbo yeSouthampton; basa rekutungamira uye rekuronga mukutsigira Operation Overlord kufambisa kufamba kwemauto kubva kumisasa yavo kuenda kuzvikepe kuti zviendeswe kuFrance. 