Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hangaia te 3rd Parachute Brigade i te marama o Whiringa-a-rangi 1942 ka tohaina ki te 1st Airborne Division. Ko te parekura, i raro i te Brigadier Alexander Stanier, ko te 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion, i mua ko te 10th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, te 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion, i hurihia mai i te 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, me te 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion, i mua ko te 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. I muri tata mai, ka wehe atu te 1st Parachute Brigade i te wehenga, hei whai wāhi ki Operation Torch, te Allied
i whakaekehia i Awherika ki te Raki, a ka uru atu ki nga mahi maha i Awherika ki te Raki, ahakoa i whawhai ia i roto i te mahi hiko.