 Nguva pfupi Hondo Yenyika II yatanga, muna September 1939, Anderson akatungamirira 11th Brigade, ichiri chikamu che4th Division, kuenda kuFrance uko yakava chikamu cheBritish Expeditionary Force BEF. Anderson akaona basa neBEF munguva yose ye Phoney War uye panguva yeHondo yeFrance muna May 1940 uye, apo Major-General Bernard Montgomery, General Officer Commanding GOC we 3rd Infantry Division, akasimudzirwa kutungamira II Corps panguva yekubuda kubva kuFrance, mukuru mukuru weII Corps GOC, Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Brooke, akasarudza Anderson, waaifunga nezvake, kuti atore kwenguva pfupi kutungamira kweMontgomerys 3rd Division. 