 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Imamura akatsvaka kusimbiswa kweAdmiralties mukupera kwa1943 uye kutanga kwa1944. Muna October 1943 akakumbira boka revarwi kuti riende kuzvitsuwa zvacho, asi hapana rakanga riripo. Chikumbiro chakazotevera chekuendesa 66th Regiment kubva kuPalau, kwayakanga ichivakwazve mushure mekurasikirwa zvakanyanya, kuAdmiralties haina kubudirira zvakare sezvo IGHQ yaifunga kuti Eighteenth Army yaive nechido chikuru chechikamu ichi. Imperial Japanese Navy IJN yakarambawo pfungwa yaImamura yokuti chikwata chaicho chemauto anoburukira kumhenderekedzo yegungwa chiendeswe kuzvitsuwa. IGHQ yakabvuma kutumira 66th Regiment kuAdmiralties muna Ndira 1944 kusimbisa kudzivirirwa kwenzvimbo iyi zvichitevera kuburitswa kweAllied kuArawe neSaidorpakati paDecember uye kutanga kwaJanuary zvakateerana, asi kufamba uku kwakamiswa mushure mekunge ngarava yaitakura kusimbiswa kwechikwata ichi yakanyura nekurasikirwa kukuru kwehupenyu musi wa16 wemwedzi. Zvichitevera njodzi iyi Imamura akarayira 38th Division kutumira battalion kuzvitsuwa, uye varume mazana manomwe nemakumi mashanu ve2nd Battalion, 1st Independent Mixed Regiment vakasvika ikoko husiku hwa24 25 Ndira. Kuedza kwakazotevera kutumira mauto ehondo neartillery kumaAdmiralty kwakakanganiswa nekurwiswa kweAllied air and submarine, asi varwi 530 ve38th Divisions 1st Battalion, 229th Infantry Regiment vakasvika ikoko usiku hwaFebruary 2. Zvizhinjisa zvezvifambiso izvi zvamauto zvakawanwa nevasori veAllied. 