<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: 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 neyomoya. AmaJapane ayethembele kakhulu kuyo, futhi ayisebenzisa njengendawo yokwethula izinsiza zaseJapane eNew Guinea naseGuadalcanal. Kuwo wonke  <response>: I-Solomon Islands Campaign, ukuvimbela iRabaul kwaba umgomo oyinhloko wemizamo yama-Allied eSolomon Islands. 