 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokuwa kweLae, Chikamu 9 chakapiwa basa rokutora Peninsula yeHuon. Boka rechi20 rakasvika pedyo nechiteshi chengarava cheFinschhafen musi wa22 Gunyana 1943, ndokuchengetedza nzvimbo yacho. MaJapan akapindura nokutumira 20th Division pamusoro penyika kunzvimbo yacho uye zvakasara zve9th Division zvakaunzwa zvishoma nezvishoma kuti zviwedzere 20th Brigade kurwisa kurwisa kunotarisirwa. MaJapan akarwisa zvakasimba pakati paOctober iyo yakakundwa ne9th Division mushure mokurwisana kwakasimba. Mukati mehafu yechipiri yaNovember 9th Division yakatora zvikomo zvemukati me Finschhafen kubva mumugodhi wakacherwa mumauto eJapan. Zvichitevera kukundwa kwayo 20th Division yakadzokera kumashure pamwe chete nemhenderekedzo yegungwa ne 9th Division uye 4th Brigade mukutsvaga. VaAllies vakawana kukunda kukuru kwehungwaru kusvika kumagumo emushandirapamwe uyu apo mainjiniya eAustralia akawana raibhurari yose yechi20 yeDivision, iyo yakanga yavigwa nemaJapan aidzokera shure. Magwaro aya akatungamirira kukuputsa kodhi uko kwakabvumira MacArthur kuti akurumidze kufambira mberi kweAllied kupfurikidza nokudarika dziviriro dzeJapan. 