Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I te Pakanga o te Moananui a Kiwa o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i mohiotia a New Georgia Sound ko "The Slot" e nga kaiwhawhai a Allied na tona ahua matawhenua me te nui o nga waka kaipuke pakanga i whiti atu. Ko nga mahi a te ope moana a Iapani ki te whakahou i a raatau hoia i Guadalcanal i kiia ko te Tokyo Express. He maha nga pakanga moana
i whawhai i roto i me te a tawhio noa te tangi i roto i 1942 me 1943, i waenganui i te Imperial Japanese Navy, me nga ope hoa o te United States Navy, Royal Australian Navy, me Royal New Zealand Navy.