Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Heoi, i te Hakihea o te tau 1942 kua heke te whakawehi rautaki ki Ahitereiria i te mea kua mutu te whakaterenga a Hapanihi whai muri i nga pakanga o te
Ko te Moana Korara me Guadalcanal, me te pakanga Kokoda Track. No reira, i whakatauhia ko te maha o nga waahanga whakangungu i hangaia mo te tiaki o Ahitereiria kaore ano kia hiahiatia, a ka whakahaua te 2nd Armoured Division ki te whakakore. Ahakoa i tukuna nga waahanga o te 6th Armoured Brigade ki etahi atu wehenga, i whakakorehia te 12th Armoured Regiment i te 13 o Hui-tanguru 1943.