<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I- 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment kwakuyiyunithi ye-Regular Army eyayikhonza esiqhingini saseMalta njengengxenye ye-1st Malta Infantry Brigade eyaqanjwa kabusha njenge-231st Infantry Brigade ngo-Ephreli 1943 futhi yayibandakanyeka ekuvinjezelweni kweMalta kusuka ngoJuni 1940 kuya kuNovemba 1942. NgoJulayi 1943 ibutho, kanye ne-231st Brigade, balwa ekuhlaselweni kwe-Allied eSicily, futhi, kafushane, ekuhlaselweni kwe-Allied e-Italy ngoSepthemba. Ngemuva kwe-Italy leli gatsha lahoxiswa eSicily lase liya e-United Kingdom lapho laba yingxenye ye-veteran 50th Northumbrian Infantry Division futhi laqeqeshwa nabo belungiselela ukuhlasela kwe-Allied eNormandy. Ngo-D-Day, 6 Juni 1944, kwakuhloswe ukuthi ibutho, elaliholwa uLieutenant Colonel Cosmo Nevill, kufanele lifike eLe Hamel, eGold Beach, ngemuva kwe-1st Hampshires. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yezimo zasolwandle ezingalungile kanye nokukhuphuka kwamandla olwandle okungalindelekile, izinkampani ezintathu zezikhali ezine zahanjiswa ngaphezu kwekhilomitha kuya empumalanga ngaphambi kokuba zifike ogwini futhi kwadingeka ziqhubeke nomgwaqo ziye endaweni yazo yokuhlangana eyabelwe ngezinyawo. Kula makhomanda amane, amabili alimala kanti oyedwa wabulawa. Ibutho laqhubeka nokulwa kahle kuyo yonke iMpi yaseNormandy kanye ne  <response>: ukukhululwa kweNyakatho-ntshonalanga Yurophu. Kodwa-ke, ngoDisemba 1944, i-50th Division yahlakazwa, ngenxa yokushoda okukhulu kwabasebenzi abahamba ngezinyawo eBrithani ngaleso sikhathi, futhi ibutho ladluliselwa ku-131st Lorried Infantry Brigade, ingxenye ye-7th Armoured Division, The Desert Rats, futhi yahlala nabo kulo lonke impi, ibamba iqhaza ku-Operation Blackcock ngoJanuwari 1945 elandelwa yi-Operation Plunder lapho bewela uMfula iRhine. I-division yathuthukela endaweni yayo edolobheni laseHamburg, eJalimane, njengengxenye yokuhlasela kwe-Western Allied eJalimane, ehlanganyela eMpini yaseHamburg ngasekupheleni kuka-Ephreli 1945. 