 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Zvino yava Papua New Guinea yaiva nenharaunda mbiri dzaitongwa neAustralia, Nharaunda dzePapua neNew Guinea. Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika Yechipiri, New Guinea Volunteer Rifles yakarongwa sechikwata chemasoja evachena vakabva kune dzimwe nyika munharaunda yeNew Guinea, nepo uto guru reAustralia rakanga raendeswa kuMediterranean. Mauto eJapane akapinda nechisimba kutanga muna January 1942 neHondo yeRabaul; mumwedzi yakatevera Japan yakatora nzvimbo huru yeNew Guinea. Kubvira pakupera kwa1942 kusvika pakukundwa kweJapan, mauto eMubatanidzwa, zvikurukuru mauto eAustralia neUnited States, akatanga kubvisa mauto eJapan muPapua, ndokuzoendesa kuNew Guinea, uye pakupedzisira kuDutch West New Guinea. Hondo yacho yakaguma nokurasikirwa kukuru kweJapan. Zvirwere nenzara zvakatora upenyu hwechiJapan hwakawanda kupfuura hondo. Mauto eAllies akavharidzira zvikwata zvevarwi zvevavengi, achivaparadzanisa nezvokudya uye mishonga. 