Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakatuhia te 1st Amphibious Brigade i te 16 o Noema 1943 i raro i te whakahau a Lieutenant General Yoshimi Nishida mai i te IJA 3rd Independent Garrison Unit i Manchukuo. I te waenganui o Tihema 1943, ka eke te piritiata ka tae wawe mai ki Truk, i reira i tukuna ai ki raro i te IJN 4th Fleet. I whakawhiwhia e te Imperial General Headquarters ki Eniwetok ki te aukati i te whakaekenga a te Allied: heoi, i ngaro te piriti i te hinganga o te "Aikoku Maru" i Truck i te 17 o Hui-tanguru 1944 i te wa o te Operation Hailstone. Ko ētahi atu 800 tangata, tae atu ki te Lieutenant General Nishida i whakangaromia i te wā o te
Te Pakanga o Eniwetok mai i te 17-23 o Hui-tanguru 1944 na te United States Marine Corps. I tukuna nga tangata me nga waka i mahue ki Palau ka whakauruhia ki te IJA 53rd Independent Mixed Brigade i te marama o Mei 1944.