 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vatungamiri uye Nyaya dzeMutungamiri. Chisarudzo cheAllied chokupinda muGuadalcanal chakagadzirwa mukati menguva yekurwisana pamwero wepamusoro-soro wekutonga. Pakuvamba saFebruary 1942, Mutungamiriri weUS Fleet Admiral Ernest King akatanga kusimudzira chimiro chinorwisa zvikuru muPacific. Izvi zvaipesana nezvose zviri zviviri zveUnited States Joint Chiefs of Staff, kusanganisira General George Marshall, uye hutungamiri hwehondo hweBritain, avo vose vakanga vari mukuwirirana zvikuru neGermany kutanga zvinokosheswa zvehondo. Mambo akabudirira kuva nemari yakawanda yakatsaurirwa kuPacific, kunyange sezvo nhamburiko yeAmerica muNorth Africa yakanga ichiderera. Pakazosvika March, kukakavadzana kwakakasharara kwakamuka pakati paAdmiral King naGeneral Douglas MacArthur pamusoro pokuti izvi zvaifanira kushandiswa sei. Pakupedzisira izvi zvakagadziriswa nekubvumirana kusiya Gen. MacArthur achitarisira Southwest Pacific Area uye akapomerwa mhosva yekutora Solomon Islands kumadokero kweGuadalcanal, kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kwemahombekombe eNew Guinea, uye Bismarck Archipelago kusanganisira nhare yemauto eJapan kuRabaul. Admiral Chester Nimitz aizoraira Nzvimbo dzePacific Ocean ndokupfuura nepakati pePacific. Admiral Robert Ghormley, pasi paNimitz, aizoraira South Pacific Area ndokutora Tulagi, uko vaJapan vakanga vagadza hwaro hwendege dzomumvura. Ghormley aizotorawo Guadalcanal, uko kwaivakwa nhandare yendege yeJapan. Pasi paGhormley, Admiral Frank Fletcher akava mutungamiriri weAllied Task Force 61. 