Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo yeChitsuwa cheBiak
kwakaitika pashure pokukundwa kwakatevedzana kweJapan muna 1943 na 1944 kumhenderekedzo yegungwa yokuchamhembe yeNew Guinea. Biak yakava nhare yeJapan, iyo vakanga vakatsunga kuchengeta kusvikira kumunhu wokupedzisira. Vasingazivikanwi navaAllies vakanga vachifambira mberi, vaJapan vakatanga kusimbisa chitsuwa chacho uye apo vaAllies vakapinda musi wa 27 May 1944, vaJapan vakagadzira dziviriro yakasimba. Hondo bedzi yamatangi neetangi muNew Guinea yakaitika paBiak, uko matangi akareruka echiJapan Ha-Go akarohwa nematanki echiAmerica Sherman. Varwi veJapan vakanga vakadzika misasa mukati mechitsuwa chacho mumapako edombo relimestone nezvivako, muitiro uyo waizoonekwazve muzvitsuwa zvakadai sePalau. Mauto aya akanga akadzika midzi akarwira zvakanaka kwazvo uye kuurayiwa kwaiitwa muBiak kwakanga kwakakwirira - nokuda kweuto reAmerica, 435 vakaurayiwa uye 2 360 vakakuvadzwa. MaJapan akarasikirwa nevanenge 6 125 vakaurawa, pamwe chete nevasungwa vehondo 460, uye vasungwa vehondo 360 veFormosan.