<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: I- 6th Battalion, eyasungulwa ngomhlaka 31 Julayi 1939 njengengqikithi ye- 5th Battalion, yayisebenza njengengxenye ye-199th Infantry Brigade, ekuqaleni eyingxenye ye-66th Infantry Division, kanye ne-7th Manchesters kanye ne-28th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers. Ngomhlaka 23 Juni 1940, iDivision 66 yahlakazwa futhi iBrigade 199 yadluliselwa kwiDivision 55th West Lancashire Infantry. Ngomhlaka 5 Meyi 1942, leli qembu laqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi yi-1st Battalion, ukufaka esikhundleni sebutho lokuqala, elalahleka eSingapore ngoFebhuwari. Ngo-Okthoba ka-1943, i- 1st Battalion entsha yadluliselwa ku-53rd Welsh Infantry Division, lapho kwakufanele ihlale khona phakathi nempi. Ngomhlaka 27 Juni 1944, i- 1st Battalion, iManchester Regiment yafika eFrance, ezinsukwini ezingu-21 ngemuva kokuhlasela kokuqala okwakuqale ngomhlaka 6 Juni, D-Day. Ngezinye izingxenye ze-53rd Division, ibutho lalibona ukulwa okunzima eMpini yaseNormandy futhi labamba iqhaza ezimpini eziningi endaweni ezungeze iCaen, indawo yokulwa okunzima kakhulu, eyathathwa amabutho aseBrithani naseCanada ngoJulayi 9, futhi kamuva yalwa eMpini yaseFalaise. Ibutho  <response>: yathuthuka eNyakatho yeFrance, yafika e-Antwerp eBelgium ekuqaleni kukaSeptember. I-1st Manchesters, kanye nalo lonke i-53rd Welsh Division, bathuthela e-Turnhout, ngaphambi kokuthuthukela eNetherlands, lapho i-1st ne-7th Manchesters babona khona isenzo esinzima, ne-7th, manje njengengxenye ye-52nd Lowland Infantry Division, elwa eMpini yaseScheldt ngaphansi komyalo we-First Canadian Army. I-1st Manchesters, ngemuva kokungena ensimini yaseJalimane ibhekene nokuvikelwa kweWehrmacht, yawela iRhine ne-53rd Division ngasekupheleni kukaMashi. I-7th Manchesters ne-52nd Division yabona ukulwa kwayo kokugcina eBremen, lapho lelo dolobha lathunjwa ngo-26 Ephreli. I- 1st Battalion yaphetha impi eHamburg lapho idolobha lizinikela ngoMeyi 3. 