<prompt> Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Kufambira mberi kweJapan muPacific kwakamiswa pakutanga kwa1943, nemauto eAustralia muNew Guinea nemauto eU.S. kuGuadalcanal, pashure pacho maAllies akaenderera mberi nokurwisa, achipfuura neNew Guinea neSolomon Islands akananga kuPhilippines. Mukati ma1944, vaAllies vakatanga kuronga kutorazve Borneo. General Headquarters yeGeneral Douglas MacArthurs South West Pacific Area yaive nebasa rekuronga mashandiro, asi nekuda kwekuzvipira kwemauto eUS kudzosera Philippines, basa rekudzosera Borneo rakapihwa kunyanya kumauto epasi eAustralia. Basa reAllied muBorneo raiva rokumhara paTarakan, Labuan  <response>: , uye Balikpapan. Pakutanga, MacArthur akanga aronga kushandisa Borneo senzira yokutanga yokudzorera Java, asi basa iri rakazobviswa uye mutoro weNetherlands East Indies wakaendeswa kuBritain-inotungamirirwa neSouth East Asia Command. Muchikamu chekuronga mukuru wemauto eAustralia, General Thomas Blamey akakurudzira kuti vanhu vasaburuke paBalikpapan, achitenda kuti zvaisazobatsira. Pashure pokurangarira kwenguva refu, Hurumende yeAustralia yakabvuma kugovera mauto nokuda kweiri basa. Joint Chiefs of Staff yeUS yaivewo nehanya nekudikanwa kwechirongwa ichi, asi sekureva kwenhoroondo Garth Pratten, MacArthur akafurira vese Hurumende yeAustralia neJoint Chiefs kuti vabvumire kutorwa kweBalikpapan. Chinangwa chemauto acho chaiva chokuti, maererano nezvinotaurwa nemunyori wenhoroondo Chris Coulthard-Clark, vachengetedze chiteshi chengarava neminda yemafuta munharaunda yacho, uye kuti vave nenzvimbo yavaizotanga mauto avaizoshandisa mune ramangwana. Mukuwedzera, kudzora kwehurumende yeNetherlands East Indies kwaizodzorerwa. 