<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Njengoba amakhono okuhlasela aseJapane ayesephelile, ama-Allies 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., wadlula eSolomon Islands  <response>: futhi ihlanganiswe nomkhankaso kaGeneral MacArthur wokuhlasela iPhilippines. 