Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - 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. E 800 atu nga tangata, tae atu ki a Lieutenant General Nishida i whakangaromia i te Pakanga o Eniwetok
mai i te 17 ki te 23 o Hui-tanguru 1944 e 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.