Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I āwangawanga a Hitler mēnā ka whawhai a Kariki, mai i te 28 o Oketopa 1940
I te wā i riro ai a Ingarangi hei hoa mo Itari i Albania, ka tūwhera pea ngā mara hinu o Ploesti i Romania, i whakawhirinaki ai a Tiamana ki tana wahie, ki ngā whakaeke hau mai i Kariki. I te mea e whakamahere ana nga Tiamana i te whakaekenga o Ruhia mo Hune 1941, kaore i taea e ratou te tuku i taua riri ki a raatau taonga hinu nui, no reira ka tiimata te whakamahere i te whakaekenga o Kariki. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1941, i whakaae te Pirimia o Ahitereiria, a Robert Menzies, me te whakaaetanga o tana Kawanatanga, ki te tuku i nga hoia o Ahitereiria ki Kariki ki te tiaki i te whakaeke a Tiamana. I whakaaro a Menzies me te rangatira o te I Corps, a Blamey, he raru te mahi, ka mutu pea he aitua, engari i kii a Menzies me tautoko a Kariki ki te whakaeke a Tiamana, me te tiaki i a Kariki he "raru nui mo te kaupapa pai".