Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin ƙarshen 1942 da farkon 1943, harin na Jafananci a New Guinea ya rasa ƙarfi tare da asara ga sojojin Ostiraliya da Amurka a Milne Bay, tare da
Kokoda Track da kewaye 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.