 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MuHondo Yenyika II maJapan akarwisa New Britain nokukurumidza pashure pokutanga kwehondo muPacific Ocean. Nzvimbo dzakakosha paRabaul neKavieng New Ireland dzakanga dzichidzivirirwa neboka duku reAustralia, Lark Force. Mukati maJanuary 1942, vaJapan vakabhomba zvikuru Rabaul. Pana 23 January, varwi vemauto omumvura vokuJapan vakaburuka vari zviuru, vachitanga Hondo yeRabaul. VaJapan vakashandisa Rabaul senzvimbo inokosha kusvika muna 1944; yakashanda senzvimbo inokosha yekupinda kwePort Moresby kwakakundikana May kusvika munaNovember, 1942. 