 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokuedza kwokutanga kwechiJapan kudzorera Allied amphibious invasion yeBougainvilleMushure mokunge hondo yeUnited States Navy yakundikana nemauto epamusoro pehondo paHondo yeEmpress Augusta Bay, Imperial Japanese Navy yakatumira uto guru rehondo kubva kuTruk kuenda kuRabaul kuti riedze kechipiri. Asina simba rakaenzana nepamusoro penyika, Admiral William Halsey akapindura nekuraira Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman kuti atange kurwisa mangwanani pamauto eJapan kuRabaul achishandisa airgroups evatakuri vendege uye, yakateverwa awa rimwe gare gare neChishanu Air Force kurwisa kweB-24 Liberator inorema mabhomba. Kurwisa uku kwakabudirira kukuvadza matanhatu emidziyo minomwe yokuJapan yaiva muSimpson Harbour, kuchigumisa tyisidziro yokuJapan kuBougainville. Kurwisa kwakatevera musi wa11 Mbudzi kusanganisira vatakuri vatatu veTask Group 50.3 vaitungamirirwa naRear Admiral Alfred E. Montgomery vakakonzera kukuvadza kwakawedzerwa kune mutyairi wechiedza uye vakapfura ndege makumi matatu neshanu dzeJapan. 