 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Kusungwa kwenguva pfupi kwe8th Argylls munguva yechando ya1940-1 kwakabvumira RM Division kugadzira matekinoroji matsva mukumhara zvombo zvinorema uye kudzidzisa mauto ehondo nguva dzose mumabasa emvura, uye izvi zvakawedzerwa pasi paMajor General Sturges nekubatanidzwa kwe29th Independent Infantry Brigade muna Chivabvu 1941. Iri boka rakawedzerwa rakatanga kuunganidzwa kuti ripe simba rekupinda muCanary Islands, kana Spain ikapinda muhondo parutivi rwesimba reAxis, uye yakabva yachengetwa yakamirira General Harold Alexander kune huwandu hwezviitiko zvema amphibious. Yokupedzisira yacho yakanga iri Operation Ironclad, naMajor-General Sturges vachitora rutivi rweRM Division HQ kutungamirira Force 121 nokuda kwokudenha kweamphibious paDiego-Suarez kurambidza chiteshi chengarava ichocho kutyisidziro itsva yechiJapan. Zvisinei, pasinei nekutsigira zvinomiririrwa kubva kuna Admiral Mountbatten uyo akanga ari Mutungamiriri weCombined Operations, War Office yakafunga kuti zvikamu zvechiedza zveRoyal Marine Division zvakanga zvisina kukodzera basa racho. Admiralty yakaramba kubvumidza RM Division kuti iiswe panzvimbo yakajairika, uye saka nzvimbo yavo yakatorwa nemabrigade maviri e5th Division. 