Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Gwamnatin Birtaniya ta yi tsammanin mamayewar Girka da Jamusawa suka yi a 1941 kuma ta yanke shawarar aika da sojoji don tallafawa Helenawa, waɗanda suke
sun riga sun yi yaƙi da Italiya a Albania. Rukunin New Zealand na 2 na ɗaya daga cikin rukunin Allied da aka tura zuwa Girka a farkon Maris. A ƙarshen Maris, Bataliya ta 21 ta isa Athens inda za ta gudanar da aikin tsaro na mahimman kayan aiki a kusa da birnin yayin da sauran rukunin suka ci gaba zuwa arewacin ƙasar don yin garkuwa da layin Aliakmon. A ranar 6 ga Afrilu, kwana daya bayan da Jamus ta ayyana yaƙi da Girka, bangarorin bataliya da ke tsaron tashoshin jiragen ruwa kusa da Athens sun fuskanci harin bam wanda ya haifar da rauni ga wasu maza. A ranar 8 ga Afrilu, rundunar ta fara motsawa zuwa gaba don sake shiga Brigade na 5 na Infantry, wanda yanzu aka sanya shi a Olympus Pass. Koyaya, a hanya an karkatar da bataliya zuwa Ramin Platamon, wanda ke da nisan mil 15 daga garin Larisa. An shirya tsaro a nan ta Kamfanin D, na 26th Battalion. An umarce su da su riƙe matsayin kuma idan wani ɓangare na shi ya ɓace, za a yi gaggawa nan da nan. Rundunar, wadda ta isa ranar 9 ga Afrilu, ta fara aiki don inganta kare kariya, ta taimaka wa kwana uku daga kamfanin daga 26th Battalion har sai ta tashi.