 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mauto epasi aizotsigirwa nemauto maviri okubhomba egungwa. Task Force 74, pasi peBritish Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley, yaive neHMAS Australia uye Shropshire pamwe nevanoparadza vanoverengeka, nepo Task Force 75 yaive nemakwikwi matatu eU.S., Phoenix, Nashville uye Boise pasi peRear Admiral Russell Berkey. Idzi dzakatsigirwa nechisimba chevatakuri vasere vekuperekedza ve5th Fleet. Kumhara kwechipiri kwaizoitika Aitape, makiromita 125 kumabvazuva, panguva imwe cheteyo neaya akapoteredza Hollandia. Sarudzo yekuita mashandiro aya panguva imwe chete yakatambanudza Allied shipping uye logistics zviwanikwa, uye zvaida kugoverwazve zviwanikwa kubva kune dzimwe nzvimbo uye mabasa. Kushomeka kwokutumira kwakareva kuti ngarava imwe neimwe yaifanira kutakurwa nenzira inobudirira sezvinobvira, ichishandisa mutoo unozivikanwa sokurwisa kutakurwa kuti ive nechokwadi chokuti zvitoro zvinokosha zvikurusa nemidziyo zvaigona kubudiswa nokukurumidza. 