 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - VaJapan vakabva vaisa zvikepe zvavo paMilne Baykumucheto kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweNew Guinea manheru emusi wa25 Nyamavhuvhu 1942 kuderedza nhandare dzendege dzeAllied dzakanga dzagadzwa ipapo, dzichiwedzera kuomesa zviwanikwa zvishoma zvaiwanikwa kuna Rowell uye kumudzivisa kusimbisa Kanga Force. Asi pasinei nokubudirira kwakati simba rokumhara rakaparadzwa nevaAustralia nevakapona vakamanikidzwa kubuda mugungwa musi wa 45 Gunyana. Munguva iyi Horiis South Seas Detachment yakanga yaenderera mberi nekufambira mberi kwakasimba pamwe neKokoda Track, kunyange zvazvo kushorwa kweAustralia kwakanga kuri kuwedzera kushanda. Pakazosvika 16 September vaJapan vakanga vasvika kuIoribaiwa, pavaiona Port Moresby pachayo. Zvisinei, pashure pokukundwa kukuru paGuadalcanal, Horrii akarayirwa kuti adzivirire. MaJapan akazotanga kubva kuKokoda musi wa24 Gunyana kuti vagadzire nzvimbo yekudzivirira pamhenderekedzo yekuchamhembe, asi vakateverwa zvakanyanya nemaAustralia avo vakatora Kokoda musi wa2 Mbudzi. Kurwisana kwakaenderera mberi muna November naDecember sezvo mauto eAustralia neUnited States akarwisa maJapan, mune zvakazozivikanwa seHondo yeBunaGona. Gona akabatwa musi wa9 December 1942 uye Buna musi wa3 January 1943. MaJapan akazotanga kusiya Sanananda musi wa13 Ndira zvichitevera kurwiswa kwakabudirira kweAustralia zuva rakapfuura. Basa rokuchenesa rakapedzwa musi wa22 January. 