 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MacArthur zvino akapfuura mauto eJapane paHansa Bay neWewak, uye akarwisa Hollandia neAitape, iyo Willoughby yakashuma kuti yakadzivirirwa zvishoma. Kunyange zvazvo vakanga vasingasvikwi nevanorwisa veFifth Air Force vaiva muRamu Valley, nguva yebasa racho yakabvumira vatakuri vendege vePacific Fleet kupa rubatsiro rwemhepo. Kunyange zvazvo kwakanga kune ngozi, kuvhiya kwacho kwakabudirira zvikuru. MacArthur akabata maJapan kunze kwechiyero uye akacheka Lieutenant General Hatazō Adachis Japanese XVIII Army munharaunda yeWewak. Nemhaka yokuti vaJapan vakanga vasingatarisiri kurwiswa, boka ravarwi rakanga risina simba, uye kuurawa kweVasonganiri kwakanga kuri kuduku zvakaenzana. Zvisinei, nzvimbo yacho yakazova isina kukodzera zvikuru kugadziridzwa kwenzvimbo dzendege kupfuura zvaifungidzirwa pakutanga, zvichimanikidza MacArthur kutsvaka nzvimbo dzakanaka zvikuru kumadokero. Uyezve, nepo kupfuudza mauto eJapane kwaiva nebetsero huru yokurwisa, kwaiva nechikanganiso chakakomba chokusunga nhamba huru yamauto eAllied kuti avadzivise, uye Adachi akanga ari kure nokurohwa. Muhondo yeRwizi rweDriniumor, aizounza hondo yeropa uye isina basa zvikuru yeNew Guinea. 