 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Hondo yeLababia Ridge yakarwiwa kubva musi wa20 kusvika musi wa23 Chikumi 1943 muNyika yeNew Guinea munguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Chikamu chehondo yeSalamauaLae, hondo iyi yaibatanidza mauto eAustralia neJapan ayo akasangana pagomo, raive kumaodzanyemba kweSalamaua, pedyo neMubo, kwemazuva akati wandei. Hondo iyi yakarwiwa pamwe chete nemamwe mabasa akati wandei mudunhu iri sezvo maAllies akaedza kukwevera kutarisa kweJapan kure neLae, kwavakatanga kumhara mugungwa.pakati paSeptember 1943, pamwe chete nokumhara kwemhepo pedyo neNadzab. Kurwisana kwakapoteredza Lababia Ridge kwakaitika panguva imwecheteyo neHondo yeMubo, mushure mekunge mabhatani maviri evashandi veJapan atanga kurwisa kwekambani yeAustralia yakaderedzwa. VaAustralia, vachitsigirwa neRoyal Australian Air Force ndege dzehondo-dzinobhomba, vakakwanisa kudzivisa kurwisa kwokutanga kweJapan vasati vasimbiswa neimwe kambani yakaderera. Kurwa kwakapfuurira mukati memazuva matatu maJapan asati abva. 