 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Epping Forest yakasvika paAitape musi wa22 April 1944 nokuda kwekuputika kwebhomba, ipapo yakatumira ngarava yayo yekumhara pamhenderekedzo pakurwiswa ndokudzokera kuFinschhafen kunorodhazve. Akaendesa zvinhu kuAitape neHollandia uye akagadzirisa ngarava dzekumhara kuBuna, uye musi wa11 Chivabvu akasvika kuGuadalcanal kuzorodha maMarine nemidziyo yavo yekupinda muGuam. Pashure pokunge vamira vakagadzirira mukati mokupinda kweTinianuye Saipan, akasvika kure neGuam musi wa 21 Chikunguru nokuda kwekurwisa. Kwamazuva mashanu akazorora pachitsuwa achigadzira ngarava dzokumisa ngarava, uye ipapo akadzokera kuGuadalcanal, kubva kwaakaita nzendo dzinoverengeka kuenda kuManus achitakura ngarava dzokumisa ngarava muna Nyamavhuvhu. 