<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe Yesibili, iBrigade yesi-5 yaphinde yaba yingxenye ye-2nd Infantry Division futhi yathunyelwa eFrance ngo-1939 ngemuva nje kokuqala kwempi, lapho yajoyina khona iBritish Expeditionary Force. Yakhonza emngceleni waseFrance naseBelgium kwaze kwaba ngoMeyi 1940, lapho yakhishwa eDunkirk ngemuva kokulwa ezimpini ezimfushane kodwa ezinzima zaseFrance naseBelgium lapho iButho laseJalimane lacishe lahlukanisa i-BEF yonke neButho laseFrance. Ngalesi sigaba, ibutho lahlala eBrithani ukuvikela izwe kuze kube ngumhlaka-10 Ephreli 1942, lapho lathunyelwa eNdiya ukuyolwa ne-Imperial Japanese Army ngemuva kochungechunge lwezinhlekelele ezahlushwa amabutho aseBrithani nawaseNdiya abekwe lapho. I-Brigade yesi-5 yasebenza ne- 2nd Infantry Division eMkhankasweni waseBurma ngaphansi kukaGeneral Slims British Fourteenth Army futhi yalwa eMpini yaseKohima  <response>: , okwaphumelela ekusizeni ukuguqula umkhankaso eMpumalanga Ekude. 