<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ukuqhubekela phambili kwamaJapane ePacific kwamiswa ekuqaleni kuka-1943, amabutho ase-Australia eNew Guinea namabutho ase-US eGuadalcanal, ngemva kwalokho ama-Allies aqhubeka nokuhlasela, adlula eNew Guinea naseziQhingini zaseSolomon aya ePhilippines. Kuwo wonke u-1944, amaZwe Ahlangene aqala ukuhlela ukuthatha iBorneo. I-General Headquarters kaGeneral Douglas MacArthurs South West Pacific Area ibinomthwalo wokuhlela lo msebenzi, kodwa ngenxa yokuzibophezela kwamabutho ase-US ekubuyiseleni iPhilippines, umsebenzi wokubuyisa iBorneo wanikezwa ikakhulukazi amabutho ase-Australia. Imisebenzi yama-Allied eBorneo yayihlanganisa ukufika eTarakan,  <response>: ILabuan, neBalikpapan. Ekuqaleni, uMacArthur wayehlose ukusebenzisa iBorneo njengetshe lokuthatha iJava, kodwa le nqubo yakhanselwa kamuva futhi umthwalo wemfanelo weNetherlands East Indies wadluliselwa ku-South East Asia Command eholwa yiBrithani. Esigabeni sokuhlela umlawuli wamabutho ezempi ase-Australia, uJenene Thomas Blamey wancoma ukuthi kungasuswa iBalikpapan, ekholelwa ukuthi bekungeke kube nenjongo yamasu. Ngemva kokucabangisisa, uHulumeni waseAustralia wavuma ukunikeza amabutho kulolu hlelo. I-Joint Chiefs of Staff yase-US nayo yayikhathazekile ngesidingo secebo lomsebenzi, kepha ngokusho kwesazi-mlando uGarth Pratten, uMacArthur wasebenzisa bobabili uHulumeni wase-Australia kanye ne-Joint Chiefs ekuvumeleni ukuthunjwa kweBalikpapan. Ngokwesazi-mlando uChris Coulthard-Clark, injongo yaleso senzo kwakuwukuvikela itheku nemikhakha kawoyela kuleyo ndawo, nokwakha isizinda okwakuzoqaliswa kuso imisebenzi yesikhathi esizayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukulawula kukahulumeni eNetherlands East Indies kwakuyobuyiselwa. 