<prompt> Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 21st Battalion yaiva battalion yevarwi veAustralia. Yakagadzirwa sechikamu cheChipiri cheAustralia Imperial Force pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, battalion yakatumirwa kuMiddle East kutanga kwa1940 uye yakazotora chikamu mukurwa kwekutanga muNorth Africa mushandirapamwe, ichitora chikamu muhondo dzakatenderedza Bardia  <response>: uye Tobruk vasati vatumirwa kuGreece pakuvamba kwa1941. Kufambira mberi kwemheni kweGerman kwakakurumidza kudzosera maAllies kumashure uye kwakavamanikidza kuti vabve mushure mekurwisa kwenguva pfupi uye 21st yakasvika muKrete kwavakazorwira pasina kubudirira kudzosera kupinda kweGerman muna Chivabvu. Ruzhinji rwebato racho rwakabatwa muKrete, asi 21 yakavakwazve kubva kune vakapona muPalestine ndokudzokera kuAustralia kutanga kwa1942 zvichitevera kupinda kweJapan muhondo. Vakabva varwa hondo mbiri vachipesana nemaJapan muNew Guinea, vachirwisa muhondo yeKokoda Track muna 1942-1943 uye muhondo yeAitape-Wewak muna 1944-1945. Pashure pehondo, 21 yakaparadzwa. 