Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1936, i whakariteritehia te Army General Staff. I te tau 1940-1941, i te wā o te
I te Pakanga Greco-Itariana me te whakaekenga a Tiamana o Kariki, ko te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o te Ope Taua te mea nui i runga i te Tumuaki Matua i raro i te Tumuaki o te Ope Taua o mua, Lieutenant General Alexander Papagos. Whai muri i te nohoanga o Kariki e nga mana Axis, i whakahoutia nga ope taua Kariki i te Middle East e te kawanatanga Kariki i te whakaraunga, me te Kaimahi Matua o te ope taua.