Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wā o te whakaekenga a te Rōpū Taua ki Hicily (te ingoa waehere
Operation Husky) te 21st Independent Parachute Company parachute i mua i te kaha nui i te wa o te Operation Fustian ki te hopu i te Piriti Primosole i te po o te 13/14 o Hurae 1943. I whai wāhi atu rātau ki Operation Slapstick, he wāhanga o te whakaekenga a Allied o Itari, i utaina e te moana i Taranto i te 9 o Mahuru. Ko te kamupene, me te nuinga o te toenga o te 1st Airborne Division, i muri i te whawhai poto i nga waahanga tuatahi o te Whakatairanga Itari, ka hoki ki te United Kingdom i te Tihema 1943, engari ka waiho he roopu motuhake i Itari ki te mahi me te 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group. I puritia i roto i te rahui me te kore e whakamahia mo te whakaekenga a Allied o Normandy (te ingoa waehere Operation Overlord), i uru te kamupene ki te Operation Market Garden, ka tae ki te taone o Arnhem i te po o te 17 o Mahuru 1944. Whai muri i te tohu i nga DZ me nga LZs i mau te kamupene me te toenga o te wehenga i te Oosterbeek Perimeter, i mate nui i roto i te mea e mohiotia ana inaianei ko te Pakanga o Arnhem. Kaore te kamupene i kite i tetahi atu mahi i roto i te pakanga.