 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Imita Ridge yaimiririra nzvimbo yepedyo zvikuru iyo maJapan akasvika paPort Moresby. Sezvo mutsara wavo wekupa wakawedzera, uye zviwanikwa zvakashandurwa kurwisana paGuadalcanal, Horii akaudzwa kuti atore mabasa ekudzivirira musi wa 8 Gunyana, uye akadzima kurwisa mazuva akati gare gare. Nzvimbo dzokugara pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yokuchamhembe yakapoteredza Buna neGona dzakasimbiswa uye gare gare vaJapan vakatanga kudzokera. Kubva ipapo vaAustralia vakatanga kurwisa, nepo kune imwe nzvimbo paMilne Bay vakabudirira kudzivisa kumhara kweJapan kubva pakutora nzvimbo dzinoverengeka dzinokosha dzendege mukupera kwaAugust uye kutanga kwaSeptember. Mukati mokutanga kwaOctober, vaAustralia vakatevera vaJapan vakanga vachidzokera shure vakananga kuEora neTempletons Crossing, uko 16th Brigade yakatora mberi. Kokoda yakatorwazve musi wa 2 Mbudzi uye vhiki rimwe gare gare maJapan akatambura nekudzoserwa kwakakomba paOiviGorari. Nguva pfupi yapfuura, maAustralia akayambuka rwizi rweKumusi, izvo zvakazopedza zvirongwa zveJapan zvekutora Port Moresby uye zvakateverwa nekufambira mberi kweAustralia kuenda kumahombekombe eJapan uye kurwa kwakasimba kutenderedza BunaGona. 