 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1938, akaronga chiitiko chokumhara chemaamphibious akabatanidzwa ayo akaorora C-in-C mutsva weSouthern Command, General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru musi wa14 Gumiguru 1938 uye akatungamira 8th Infantry Division muBritish Mandate yePalestine. MuPalestine, Montgomery aibatanidzwa mukudzvinyirira kumukira kwevaArabiyo yakanga yaputika pamusoro pokushora kutama kwechiJudha. Akadzokera muna Chikunguru 1939 kuBritain, achitambura chirwere chakakomba munzira, kuti atungamire 3rd Iron Infantry Division. Achitaura nezvokudzvinyirirwa kwokupandukira muna April 1939, Montgomery akanyora kuti, Ndichazvidemba kusiya Palestine munzira dzakawanda, sezvo ndakafarikanya hondo iri kunze kuno. 