Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te nui o ngā mate i te Rāwhiti, i tukuna mai ki Wīwī mō te whakahoutanga me te mahi hei rahui rautaki ki te whakaekenga pea o te whakaekenga a te Allied. I hohoro te wehenga ki Tunisia i muri i te Operation "Torch"
(1942) ka noho ia i te ono marama i roto i taua whare tapere, i reira i whakaekea ai e nga hoia o Ingarangi me Amerika. He nui te ngaronga ki te ope taua o Amerika i roto i etahi o a raatau tuatahitanga tuatahi me nga Tiamana i raro i a Field Marshal Erwin Rommel i te Pakanga o Kasserine Pass (1943). I muri mai ka ngaro i te tuku a te Axis i Awherika ki te Raki i te marama o Mei 1943 ka whakakorehia i te marama o Hune 1943. Kāore anō te wehenga kia hanga anō.