Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Kua oti kē i ngā waka rererangi rererangi rererangi rererangi te whakatinana i ngā whakaeke hau me ngā rerenga whawhai ki ngā Hapanihi i ngā Piripi, otirā ki ō rātou papa rererangi hōia. Ko nga hoia a te ope taua o Amerika me te ope taua o Ahitereiria i raro i te rangatira o Amerika a Douglas MacArthur, te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o te Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations, kua pahemo, kua wehe ke ranei, kua pahemo katoa i te ope taua o Hapanihi i New Guinea me nga Moutere Admiralty. I mua i te whakaekenga o Piripi, ko te whakaekenga ki te raki rawa o MacArthur i Morotai
i roto i te Netherlands East Indies i te Mahuru 15<unk>16, 1944. Ko te turanga anake tēnei o MacArthur i roto i te whānuitanga o ngā kaipāho pahū i te tonga o Piripi.