Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tare da iyawarsa don aikin tashin hankali ya ragu sosai sakamakon yakin Midway, Japan ta zaɓi ta mai da hankali kan yunƙurin da aka yi na kama Port Moresby ta hanyar yaƙin neman zaɓe
a cikin yankin Papua. Amurkawa sun shirya kai hari kan matsayin Japan a kudancin tsibirin Solomon, musamman Guadalcanal, a matsayin mataki na farko na kama Rabaul, babban sansanin Japan a kudu maso gabashin Asiya.