<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Njengoba amaJapane ayengasenamandla okuhlasela, amaZwe Ahlangene athatha isinyathelo esiwujuqu. Ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisithupha zokulwa okunzima emhlabathini, olwandle nasemoyeni, amabutho ahlangene asungula futhi agcina isikhundla eGuadalcanal. Khona-ke amabutho ahlangene aqhubeka nokuhlasela amaJapane ngezindlela ezintathu. Eyokuqala, eyayiholwa uJenene Douglas MacArthur, yahlasela ugu olusenyakatho yeNew Guinea. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Admiral William Halsey Jr., island wagxumela phezulu  <response>: iziQhingi zaseSolomon nama-Admiralty futhi ahlanganiswa nomkhankaso kaGeneral MacArthur wokuhlasela iPhilippines. 