 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna March 1942, maJapan akaisa mauto akapoteredza Lae neSalamaua munharaunda yeAustralia yeNew Guinea. Kurwisa kwegungwa paPort Moresby kwakadzoserwa kumashure muna Chivabvu muhondo yeCoral Sea, mushure mezvo maJapan akagadzira beachhead paBuna Gona mukupera kwaChikunguru sezvo hurongwa hwaiitwa hwekutora Port Moresby kuburikidza nenzira yepanyika kubva kuchamhembe kwePapua pamhenderekedzo. Gare gare, kurwa kwakasimba kwakaitika mukati mekurwisa kweKokoda Track uye pedyo neMilne Bay. Kufambira mberi kweJapan kwakaguma nguva pfupi chinangwa chavo chisati chazadziswa uye maAustralia akazoenderera mberi nekurwisa, pakupedzisira achidzingirira maJapan achidzokera kumahombekombe avo akapoteredza Buna neGona uko maAustralia akabatana nemauto eUS uye kurwa kwakasimba kwakatevera kurwisa maJapan pakati paNovember 1942 naNdira 1943. 