 Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Chikamu hachina kutumirwa kujoina maBritish Expeditionary Force BEF muFrance, asi panzvimbo pezvo chakaendeswa kuKent muna Kubvumbi 1940, ichijoinha XII Corps. Apo ruzhinji rweBEF rwakamanikidzwa kudzokera kuDunkirkpanguva yeHondo yeFrance ine njodzi pakati pa1940 divi rakatora chimiro chekudzivirira uye rakashandura pakati pemabasa ekudzivirira emahombekombe uye kudzidziswa kudzosera kupinda kweGerman kwaitarisirwa kusati kwasvika, kunyanya nekuda kwezviitiko zvakaitika muHondo yeBritain nekupinda kweGerman muSoviet Union pakati pa1941. 