Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaaro te Kāwanatanga o Ingarangi ka whakaekehia a Kariki e nga Tiamana i te tau 1941 a ka whakatau ki te tuku hoia hei tautoko i nga Kariki, i whakaekehia
kua whakaekea ki nga Itari i Albania. Ko te 2nd New Zealand Division, i tenei wa i te katoa o ona mema, ko tetahi o nga roopu Allied i tukuna ki Kariki i te Operation Lustre i te timatanga o Poutu-te-rangi. Ko te 6th Infantry Brigade i whakawhiwhia ki te tiaki i te rohe takutai o te Raina Aliakmon i te raki o Kariki, me te 26th Battalion, haunga tetahi kamupene, i te Maunga Olympus hei rahui wehenga. I muri mai i te Poutu-te-rangi, i whakakapihia e te 23rd Battalion ka neke whakamua ki te hono atu ki te 6th Brigade tata ki Katerini, ka keri i waenga i te 24th me te 25th Battalions.