I roto i te hawhe tuarua o 1941, i arotahi te Ahitereiria ahau Corps i Hiria me Repanona ki te hanga i tona kaha, me te faaineine mo atu mahi i roto i te Middle Te Tai Rāwhiti. I muri i te pakaru o te pakanga i roto i te Pacific te nuinga o ngā huānga o te Corps, tae atu ki te 6th me te 7th Divisions, hoki ki Ahitereiria i roto i te tīmatanga o 1942 ki te counter te riri Japanese ite ki Ahitereiria. whakaae te Kāwanatanga Ahitereiria ki Ingarangi me United States tono ki te wā pupuri i te 9th Division i te Middle Te Tai Rāwhiti i roto i te utu mo te deployment o atu US hoia ki Ahitereiria me te tautoko o Ingarangi mo te tono ki te whakawhānui i te RAAF ki 73 squadrons. kihai i whakaaro te Kāwanatanga e te 9th Division e tākaro i te tūranga nui i roto i te whawhai kaha, a kihai i tonoa te reira i tetahi reinforcements atu. i hoki katoa o nga waeine RAN o te Commonwealth i roto i te Mediterranean i hoki ki te Alexandria, engari
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