Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin ƙarshen 1942 da farkon 1943, farmakin Japan a New Guinea ya rasa ƙarfi tare da asarar sojojin Ostiraliya da Amurka a Milne Bay, tare da Kokoda Track
da kuma kusa da Buna<unk>Gona. Babban hasara ga Sojojin Japan na Imperial shine Yaƙin Guadalcanal, na farko na Amurka na yaƙin, wanda Jafananci suka rasa sama da mutane 25,000, kuma, bayan kama tsibirin, Guadalcanal ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan sansanonin sojan ruwa da na iska a yankin. Yaƙin shine babban nasarar Allied na farko a kan ƙasa a cikin Pacific Theater, kuma Guadalcanal daga baya za a yi amfani da shi a matsayin wurin da Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka za su kai hari ga Palau Islands, Bougainville, da Guam.