Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvirongwa zvose zvakatanga muna July, asi pakazosvika pakati paSeptember, Hondo yeGuadalcanal yakatanga kukosheswa nemaJapan, uye mauto muNew Guinea akarayirwa kuti abve munharaunda yePort Moresby kuenda kuchamhembe kwechitsuwa chacho, uko vakatarisana nemauto eAustralia neUnited States muHondo yeBuna <unk> Gona. Guadalcanal nokukurumidza yakava nzvimbo inokosha kumativi ose ane kuzvipira kukuru kwemauto nengarava muhondo yeGuadalcanal. Pakutanga kwa1943, vaJapan vakakundwa pachitsuwa chacho uye vakabvisa mauto avo. MuBurma, mauto eCommonwealth akaita mabasa maviri. Chokutanga,
kurwisa munzvimbo yeArakan mukupera kwa1942, kwakanga kwaparira njodzi, kuchimanikidza kudzokera kuIndia muna May 1943. Chechipiri kwaiva kupinzwa kwemauto asiri epamutemo kumashure kwemitsetse yokumberi yeJapan muna February iyo, pakuguma kwaApril, yakanga yawana migumisiro yakasanganiswa.