Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kusimbisa, Kupa, uye Kurwisana Kwepasi- Round 2, Gen. Kawaguchi (August 26 - 15 September 1942). Guadalcanal zvino yakava nzvimbo yokunangidzira nayo ngwariro pamabasa eJapane. Varwi veJapan muNew Guinea vakanga vasvika mamaira 20 kubva kuPort Moresby asi vakanga
akamiswa nemauto eAustralia. Musi waAugust 31, vakuru vakuru vokuJapan vakamisa mamwe mabasa muNew Guinea kuitira kuti vaunganidze zvinhu zvokudzorera Guadalcanal.