Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tīmatanga o te tau 1941, i whakaarohia e te Kāwanatanga o Ingarangi he whakaekenga o Kariki e nga Tiamana, a, i 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 tetahi o nga roopu Allied i tukuna ki Kariki i te timatanga o Poutu-te-rangi. Ko te 18th Battalion te roopu tuatahi o Niu Tireni i wehe atu i Ihipa, ka rere ki Kariki i te 7 o Poutu-te-rangi i runga i nga kaipuke HMS "Orion" me "Ajax". Ko te 2nd New Zealand Division i whakawhiwhia ki te tiaki i te Raina Aliakmon i te raki o Kariki, a i tu ki te taha raki o Maunga Olympus; ko te 4th Brigade i te taha maui o te waahanga o Niu Tireni o te raina i te wa e mau ana te 6th Brigade ki te taha matau. Ko te 18th Battalion te waahanga tuatahi i te raina; kotahi te kamupene i tu ki Olympus Pass ano i te wa i timata ai te toenga ki te keri i te waahanga i tohaina ki te 4th Brigade. I te 5 o Paenga-whawha, kua oti te mahi a te ope taua.