 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure pokurwisa, mishumo yokuongorora yakaratidza kuti vaJapan vakanga vava kutanga kusimbisa Lae naSalamaua. VaAllies vaive nehanya nekudzivirirwa kwenzvimbo yakakosha yemhepo paWau uye kuchengetedza chikomo cheOwen Stanleys munzvimbo iyoyo. Nokudaro, a href27th20Independent20Company2028Australia2927th Independent Companya yakabhururuka muWau muna Gumiguru 1942 kuti isimbise Wau. Achitarisira kurwiswa nemaJapan, General Thomas Blamey akarayira 17th Brigade kubva kuMilne Bay kuti vasimbise Wau uye vabvise Kanga Force, uye musi wa16 Ndira 1943 maJapan akatanga kurwisa Wau, inozivikanwa seHondo yeWau.. 