 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure peGuadalcanal Campaign, vaAllies vakatanga mabasa anoverengeka mukurwisana neJapan muPacific. Muna May 1943, mauto eCanada neeU.S. akatumwa kunobvisa mauto eJapane muAleutians. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, United States, ichitsigirwa neAustralia, New Zealand nePacific Islander mauto, yakatanga kuvhiya kukuru kwepasi, gungwa uye mhepo kuti iparadzanise Rabaul nokutora zvitsuwa zvakapoteredza, uye kuputsa nzvimbo yeJapan yeCentral Pacific paGilbert uye Marshall Islands. Pakupera kwaMarch 1944, maAllies akanga apedza zvose zviri zviviri zvezvinangwa izvi uye akanga adzivisawo hwaro hukuru hweJapan paTruk muCaroline Islands. Muna April, maAllies akatanga basa rokutorazve Western New Guinea. 