U.S. Army and Australian Army troops under the American General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations, had either overrun, or else isolated and bypassed, all of the Japanese Army on New Guinea and the Admiralty Islands.
Ameriikanske og australske tropper under den amerikanske general Douglas MacArthur, den øverstkommanderende i det sydvestlige stillehav, havde enten erobret eller isoleret og forbigået alle de japanske styrker op Ny Guinea og Admiralitetsøerne.