<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Kusukela ngo-12 Septhemba 1942 kuze kube nguDisemba 1945 u-Adair wayengumqondisi we-General Officer Commanding GOC we-Guards Armoured Division, ethatha isikhundla sika-Oliver Leese, wathola ukukhushulwa waba ngukholoni ngo-30 Juni 1943, ngenkathi esebenza njengomphathi wesikhashana futhi kamuva waba ngumphathi wesikhashana kusukela ngo-21 Septhemba 1942. Ngemuva kokuqeqesha isigaba kulo lonke elase-United Kingdom izinyanga ezingama-21, i-Guards Armoured Division yafika eNormandy njengengxenye ye-Operation Overlord ngoJuni 28, 1944 njengengxenye kaLieutenant General Sir Richard OConnors VIII Corps, yaqala ukubona isenzo ngesikhathi se-Operation Goodwood ngoJulayi, bese kuba yi-Operation Bluecoat ngoJulayi Agasti. Ngemva kokuphuma kwamabutho ahlangene eNormandy, ahamba enyakatho yeFrance aya eBelgium  <response>: njengengxenye ye-XXX Corps ka-Lieutenant General Sir Brian Horrocks. Lesi sigaba sakhulula iBrussels, ngemva kokwenza ukuqhubekela phambili okungakaze kube khona okuvela eDouai, kude, ngamahora angu-14 nje kuphela. I-division yabe isihola phambili ekuqhubekeni komhlaba ku-Operation Market Garden ngoSepthemba. Yayibekwe endaweni yokulondoloza ngesikhathi se- Battle of the Bulge ngoDisemba, yazibophezela eMpini yaseReichswald Operation Veritable ngoFebhuwari nangoMashi 1945. Ngemuva kokuqhubekela phambili eJalimane kanye nokuzinikela kweJalimane ngoMeyi 1945 i-Guards Armoured Division yahlala njengengxenye yamabutho okuhlala, kodwa ngoJuni 12, 1945 yaguqulwa yaba yi-infantry formation, i-Guards Division. 