 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna November 1943, Lieutenant General Frank Berryman akatora murairo kubva kuna Morshead. Zvematongerwo enyika zvekusimudzirwa uku uye kusasimudzirwa kwemukuru we7th Division, Major General George Vasey, zvaireva kuti 7th Division yakabviswa kubva kuII Corps ikava yakananga kuzivisa kusvika pasi peNew Guinea Force. Zvichakadaro, zvikamu zvemberi zve II Corps dzimbahwe zvakatama kubva kuFinschhafen, zvichisiya chikwata chekumashure kumashure paDobodura. Pashure pokunge Sio yachengetedzwa, 9th Infantry Division yakadzoserwa kuAustralia kuzorora muna Kukadzi 1944, nepo 5th Infantry Division yakavatsiva vakakomberedza Finschhafen. Muna Kubvumbi, Madang yakatorwa, ichinyatsounza mashandiro makuru ehondo kuvhara kwenguva pfupi kwemauto eAustralia muNew Guinea, uye ichibvumira kugadziriswazve. Panguva iyi, 11th Infantry Division yakabva kuBuna ichienda kuLae kunobvisa 7th Infantry Division muMarkham neRamu Valleys. 