Second World War
The Division served during the Second World War and was sent to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), together with the 3rd Infantry Division forming the British II Corps. After the 1940 Battle of France and the evacuation at Dunkirk, it spent the next two years in the United Kingdom on Invasion duties and training for its next deployment which would be as part of the British First Army and Operation Torch, the landings on the North West African coast.
During the Tunisia Campaign it was involved in Operation Vulcan the final ground attack against Axis forces in North Africa.
After the Axis defeat in Africa it was next involved in the Italian Campaign, and fought at the Battle of Monte Cassino.
In November 1944 it was dispatched to Greece to provide assistance during the Greek Civil War.
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