Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaekehia a Fascist Itari ki Kariki
i te 28 o Oketopa 1940 ka whakapuakihia he kohinga whānui. I tere te eke o te 1st Regiment ki tona kaha katoa, a i te 1 o Noema ka rere mai i Elefsina ki Volos, hei whakamahi hei rahui mo te ope Kariki e whawhai ana i Epirus. I tae mai te ope ki Volos i te 4 o Noema. Kāore i roa i muri i tana whakaekenga e te Royal Air Force o Itari. I roto i nga marama e rua e whai ake nei ka whai i te neke whakamua o te ope Kariki, e neke ana i runga i te waewae ma Trikala me Florina. I te mutunga ka tukuna te rerenga ki te raina o mua i te timatanga o Hanuere, i te wa i riro ai i a ia tetahi waahanga o mua i Maunga Tomorr, i raro i te whakahau a te 16th Infantry Brigade (ka tere whakarahihia ki te 16th Infantry Division). I whawhai te puhi i tana pakanga nui rawa o te pakanga i te wa o te Italian Spring Offensive i te Poutu-te-rangi 1941, i te pakanga o Teke Hill. Whai muri i te whakaekenga a Tiamana ki Kariki i te Paenga-whawha 6, me te tere o nga ope Tiamana, ka tiimata te wehenga o te ope Kariki i Albania. I hoki whakamuri te reimana ma Moscopole, Erseka, Konitsa, me Zagori, tae atu ki Metsovo, i reira i whakahaua ai kia whakakorehia i muri i te wehenga o te ope Kariki i Epirus ki nga Tiamana (21 Paenga-whawha).