Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakapuakina te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i te Ratapu, 3 Mahuru 1939 me nga roopu e rua o te ope taua, te 4th me te 6th (he taarua o te 4th), i karangahia-hohoro. Ko te 2nd Battalion i eke ki France me te 9th Infantry Brigade i whakauruhia ki te 3rd Infantry Division i whakahaua e Major-General Bernard Montgomery i te Oketopa 1939. I whai ake i a raatau te 6th Battalion, he waahanga o te 138th Brigade me te 46th Infantry Division, i te Paenga-whawha o te tau 1940; i mahi tahi raua me te British Expeditionary Force (BEF) ka hoki mai i Dunkirk i muri i nga pakanga o France me Belgium. Whai muri i te hokinga ki Ingarangi, e rua nga roopu i whakapau i nga tau i te United Kingdom mo te tiaki i te kaainga e tatari ana ki te whakaekenga a Tiamana ki te United Kingdom. Ko te 2nd Battalion, i noho tonu ki te parirau me te wehenga kotahi puta noa i te pakanga, ka whakapau i nga tau e wha e whai ake nei ki te whakangungu i nga waahi rereke o te United Kingdom i mua i tana whakauru ki nga taunga o te Ra D i te Pipiri 1944. I whakahaeretia te patapata, i whakahaeretia e Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Welby-Everard i roto i te pakanga o Normandy, i uru atu ki te Operation Charnwood, Operation Goodwood, me te toenga o te pakanga.
Northwest Europe Campaign tae noa ki Victory in Europe Day i te Mei 1945.