Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Zvisinei, pakazosvika December 1942 kutyisidzira kweAustralia kwakanga kwaderera sezvo kufambira mberi kweJapan kwakanga kwamiswa pashure pehondo dzeCoral Sea
uye Guadalcanal, 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.