 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwa1942 uye kutanga kwa1943, kurwisa kweJapan muNew Guinea kwakarasikirwa nekurasikirwa nemauto eAustralia neUS kuMilne Bay, pamwe neKokoda Track uye kutenderedza BunaGona. Kurasikirwa kukuru kweImperial Japanese Army kwaiva Hondo yeGuadalcanal, yekutanga yekurwisa kweAmerica yehondo, umo maJapan akarasikirwa nevarume vanopfuura 25,000, uye, mushure mekutora chitsuwa ichi, Guadalcanal yakava imwe yenzvimbo huru dzezvikepe nemhepo mudunhu iri. Hondo iyi ndiyo yaiva yokutanga kukunda kukuru kwakaitwa neAllies panyika muPacific Theater, uye Guadalcanal yaizoshandiswa gare gare senzvimbo iyo maUnited States Marines aizorwisa Palau Islands, Bougainville, neGuam. 