Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko ngā misioni tuatahi e rua o te wehenga - Operation Biting, he taunga parahu ki Wīwī, me Operation Freshman, he misioni rere i Norway - he whakaekenga. I tukuna tetahi waahanga o te wehenga ki Awherika ki te Raki i te mutunga o te tau 1942, i reira i whawhai ai ki te pakanga o Tunisia, a, i te wa i whakaekea ai e nga Allies a Sicily
I te Hōngongoi 1943, i whakahaeretia e te wehenga e rua nga rerenga rerenga. Ko te tuatahi, Operation Ladbroke, i whakahaerehia e nga kaieke rererangi o te 1st Airlanding Brigade me te tuarua, Operation Fustian, na te 1st Parachute Brigade, kaore i tino angitu. I whai wāhi te 1st Airborne Division ki te whakaekenga amphibious nui, ko te ingoa waehere Operation Slapstick, hei waahanga o te whakaekenga a Allied o Itari i te marama o Hepetema 1943.