 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Sezvo mafungu mumushandirapamwe weNew Guinea akatanga kutendeukira kuAllies, maJapan, pavakasvika pakakwirira pakufambira mberi kwavo muNew Guinea, vakamanikidzwa kudzokera shure vakananga kuBuna neGona. Kurwisana kunotyisa kwakatevera sezvo mauto eAustralia neeU.S. akarwa kuti adzikise musoro wegungwa weJapan. Pashure pokutora rutivi mukukunda maJapan paMilne Bay, 18th Brigade yakaendeswa kuBuna. 29 yakasvika kuOro Bay paHMAS Broome musi wa14 Zvita. Rakanga riri uto rokutanga reboka revarwi rakazvipira kuhondo iyi. Inotungamira kurwisa kwaZvita 18, nerutsigiro rweM3 Stuart matangi kubva ku a href26th20Armoured20Regiment2028Australia2926th Armoured Regimenta, yakawana zvakakosha. 18th Brigade uye 29th yakaramba ichirwa, yakabatanidzwa neUS 32nd Division kusvikira kuwa kweBuna pakutanga kwaJanuary 1943. Yakadzoserwa kumirairo yeAustralia 7th Division munguva yekutora chikamu pakurwiswa musi wa 12 Ndira kurwisa nzvimbo dzeJapan paSanananda Track iyo yakanga ichidzivirira kuenderera mberi kweAustralia ikoko. Bhatani racho rakaramba richirwisana munharaunda yeSanananda kusvikira rapera nekukunda kweAllied musi wa22 Ndira. Panguva ino simba rayo rakanga radzikira kubva pavarume vanopfuura 600 kusvika pasi pevarume 100 nemhaka yemigumisiro yezvirwere zvinopisa uye kurwa kwakasimba; kurasikirwa muhondo kwakanyorwa se95 vakaurawa muhondo kana kuti vakafa nemaronda, 32 vakashaika, uye 247 vakakuvadzwa. Kurasikirwa uku kwakapedzwa nekusvika kwe 300 kusimbiswa munguva yehondo, asi zvisinei kurasikirwa kwaive kwakanyanya, kunyanya kubva kuchirwere, kuti muna Kukadzi 29th Battalion yakatakurwa kudzokera kuPort Moresby, isati yadzokera kuAustralia mwedzi unotevera. 