 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - 1st Tank Brigade yakatamira kuUnited Kingdom muzhizha ra1941; vashandi vakasvika muClyde musi wa30 Chikumi uye vakabva vatamisirwa kuSalisbury Plain kwavakapiwa matangi eChurchill akakwana ekudzidzira. Calgary Regiment yakabatanidzwa mukubhururuka kune njodzi kweDieppe muna 1942. Yakagoverwa zvitsva zvitsva zveM4 Sherman, brigade yose yakaendeswa kuMediterranean, neThe Three Rivers Regiment ichibatanidzwa mukurwiswa kwepasi paPachino. Zvasara zvebhirigadi zvakaburuka pamwe nekomisheni yekutevera ya13 Chikunguru uye yakashanda pamwe neTatu Rivers Regiment kwemavhiki ekupedzisira emushandirapamwe mupfupi muSicily. Basa re1st Tank Brigade mumabasa ekupedzisira raive rakanyanya kutsigirwa nemoto, nzvimbo isina kugadzikana ichiganhurira basa revarwi vehondo. Kurwa kweSicily kwakaguma ne1st Tank muzvigadzikiso. Kugadzirira Operation Baytown, kumhara muItaly, yakatumidzwazve kuti 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade muna August 1943. Kunyange zvazvo vakarongwazve seboka rakapfeka zvombo, hapana battalion yemotokari yakashanda pasi pokutungamirirwa. Zvavakanga vawana mukurumbira wokushinga uye unyanzvi, zvikepe zveCanada zvaigara zvichikumbirwa nevakuru vakuru veBritain. 