Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvisinei, pakazosvika December 1942 tyisidziro yokuronga yeAustralia yakanga yaderera sezvo kufambira mberi kweJapan kwakanga kwamiswa pashure pehondo dze
Gungwa reCoral neGuadalcanal, uye nhimbe yeKokoda Track. Somugumisiro, zvakaongororwa kuti nhamba huru yezvikamu zvemauto zvakagadzirirwa kudzivirirwa kweAustralia zvakanga zvisingachadiwi, uye 2nd Armored Division yakarayirwa kuparara. Kunyange zvazvo zvikamu zve6th Armoured Brigade zvakagoverwa kune mamwe mapoka, 12th Armoured Regiment yakaparadzwa musi wa 13 February 1943.