Zvose zvirongwa zvakatanga muna Chikunguru, asi pakati paGunyana, Hondo yeGuadalcanal yakatanga kukosheswa nemaJapan, uye mauto muNew Guinea akarairwa kuti abve munzvimbo yePort Moresby kuenda kuchamhembe kwechitsuwa ichi, kwavakatarisana 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. Yokutanga, kurwisa munharaunda yeArakan
mukupera kwa 1942, yakaenda nenzira ine ngwavaira, ichimanikidzira kudzokera kuIndia naMay 1943. Chechipiri kwaiva kupinzwa kwemauto asiri epamutemo kumashure kwemitsetse yapamberi yeJapan munaFebruary iyo, pakuguma kwaApril, yakanga yawana migumisiro yakavhengana.