Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ko Chuuk Lagoon (i mōhiotia i taua wā ko Truk) te pokapū rautaki o ngā mahi a Hapanihi i te taiwhanga o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te Tonga. I te Hui-tanguru 1944, hei whakarite mo te Pakanga o Eniwetok
, i whakaekea e te United States Navy te atoll. I roto i ngā rā e rua, he raupapa o ngā whakaeke rererangi i whakangaromia ai te kaipuke Hapanihi, i roto i tētahi whakaeke i huaina Operation Hailstone. E 50 nga kaipuke i whakangaromia, ahakoa he maha nga kaipuke pakanga nui o Hapani i nekehia i te wiki i mua atu, na reira i mawhiti i te whakangaromanga.