Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: Pana December 12, Navy yeJapan yakakarakadza kuti Guadalcanal isaregwe. Panguva imwe cheteyo, vakuru vakuru vehondo vanoverengeka paImperial General Headquarters (IGH) vakataurawo kuti kumwe kuedza kutorazve Guadalcanal kwaizova kusingabviri. Nhumwa, inotungamirwa neIJA Colonel Joichiro Sanada, mukuru wechikamu cheIGH chekuita, yakashanyira Rabaul musi wa19 Zvita uye yakabvunza Imamura nevashandi vake. Pakudzokera kwenhume yacho kuTokyo, Sanada akakarakadza kuti Guadalcanal isasiyiwe. Vatungamiri vepamusoro veIGH vakabvumirana nezvakakurudzirwa naSanada musi wa 26 Zvita uye vakaraira vashandi vavo kuti vatange kunyora zvirongwa zvekubva kuGuadalcanal, kumisikidzwa kwemutsara mutsva wekudzivirira pakati peSolomon Islands, uye kuchinjiswa kwezvakakosha uye zviwanikwa kumushandirapamwe muNew Guinea. Musi wa 28 Zvita, General Hajime Sugiyama naAdmiral Osami Nagano vakazivisa pachavo Emperor Hirohito nezvechisarudzo chekubva kuGuadalcanal. Musi waDecember 31, Mambo akabvuma zviri pamutemo chisarudzo chacho. VaJapan vakavamba pachivande kugadzirira kubviswa kwacho, kunonzi Operation Ke, kwakarongwa kutanga mukati mechikamu chokupedzisira chaJanuary 1943.  Mubvunzo: Gore ripi rakaitwa Operation Ke?
Muna 1943