Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaarohia e te Kāwanatanga o Ingarangi tētahi whakaekenga o Kariki e ngā Tiamana i te tau 1941 a ka whakatau ki te tuku hōia hei tautoko i ngā Kariki, kua oti kē te whakaeke
ki nga Itari i Albania. Ko te 2nd New Zealand Division tetahi o nga roopu Allied i tukuna ki Kariki i te timatanga o Poutu-te-rangi. I whakawhiwhia te 4th Brigade ki te tiaki i te Raina Aliakmon i te raki o Kariki me te 2nd New Zealand Division i tu ki te taha raki o Maunga Olympus. Ko te 19th Battalion te rahui mo te 4th Brigade me te whakapau i te nuinga o tona wa mai i te mutunga o Poutu-te-rangi ki te timatanga o Paenga-whawha ki te whakarite i nga huarahi me nga tuunga paruru. I te Paenga-whawha 6, ka whakaekehia e nga Tiamana a Kariki, ka tere haere, na te mea ka whakawehi wawe a raatau ope i te Florina Gap. I whakahekehia te piriti ki te Servia Pass.