 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokunge Hondo Yenyika II yatanga, Cariappa akatumirwa saBrigade Major kuBrigade rechi20 reIndia rakanga riri muDerajat. Gare gare akagadzwa saDAQMG we10th Indian Division iyo yaigara muIraq. Akawana Mention in Despatches saDAA uye quartermaster general weGeneral akazotevera Field Marshal William Slims 10th Division. Akashanda muIraq, Iran neSiria muna 19411942 uye ipapo muBurma muna 19431944. Kudzokera kuIndia muna Kurume 1942, akaiswa semutevedzeri wemutungamiriri we7th Rajput Machine Gun Battalion kuFatehgarh. Musi wa 15 Kubvumbi 1942, akasimudzirwa kuita lieutenant colonel uye akagadzwa mukuru mukuru webato rimwe chetero, achigamuchira kufambira mberi kune lieutenant-colonel wenguva pfupi musi wa 15 Chikunguru. Nokugadzwa uku akava muIndia wokutanga kutungamirira battalion muuto reIndia. Cariappa akabudirira pakusimbisa battalion yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa maererano nehutungamiri, kudzidziswa, uye kushandiswa kwezvombo. Gare gare chikwata chacho chakatumidzwa zita rokuti 52nd Rajput ndokuiswa pasi pe 43rd Indian Armoured Division. Mukati memwedzi mishomanene, chikwata chacho chakacherechedza kuchinja kuviri nokufamba kuviri. Chokutanga, pfuti dzemauto dzakanga dzatsiviwa nematangi kuitira kuti dzichinjwe kuva battalion yezvombo. Asi nokukurumidza uto racho rakadzorerwa kuvarwi vaifamba netsoka uye rakatumidzwazve kuti 177 Rajputs. Gare gare, yakaendeswa kuSecunderabad. Kufamba uku kwakatungamirira kumhirizhonga pakati pemasoja echikamu icho chakabudirira kubatwa naCariappa. 