Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te whakaekenga rererangi nui a Amerika ki te turanga nui o Hapanihi i Truk (Operation Hailstone) i te 1944, i whakawhiwhia a Admiral Hara ki te whakakapi i a Admiral Masami Kobayashi hei rangatira rangatira o te Hapanihi "4th Fleet", ahakoa i whakahau ia i te turanga whenua i Truk kaore he kaipuke pakanga i whakawhiwhia ki a ia. I mahue a Truk i muri i te US Navy i roto i te rohe o muri ki te "whakatupato i runga i te waina" i roto i te wehe, kaua ki te whakaekehia me te nohoia. (Ko te mutunga tenei o te maha o nga turanga Hapanihi i nga moutere o te Moananui a Kiwa, tae atu ki te mea nui i Rabaul me etahi i New Guinea.) I mauheretia a Admiral Hara ki Truk, kahore he whakapakari, kahore he kai hou i te ara katoa i roto i te
te whakamutu o te rerenga o Hapani i te Mahuru 2, 1945.