<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - IRabaul iyidolobha eliseMpumalanga yeNew Britain, ePapua New Guinea. Amabutho aseJapane afika eRabaul ngoFebhuwari 23, 1942, ayithatha ngoFebhuwari walowo nyaka. Indawo eyayiyizwe lase-Australia yaguqulwa yaba indawo enkulu yaseJapane yempi yasolwandle neyezindiza. AmaJapane ayethembele kakhulu kuyo, futhi ayisebenzisa njengendawo yokwethula izinsiza zaseJapane eNew Guinea naseGuadalcanal. Phakathi Nomkhankaso WaseSolomon  <response>: , ukulwa neRabaul kwaba umgomo oyinhloko wemizamo yama-Allied eSolomon Islands. 