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Japanese movements in eastern New Guinea, 1942-1944There was no doubt that the Japanese had suffered a major defeat.
Imamura's chief of staff flew to Imperial General Headquarters to report on the disaster.
It was decided that there would be no more attempts to land troops at Lae.
The losses incurred in the Bismarck Sea caused grave concern for the security of Lae and Rabaul.
This resulted in a change of strategy.
On 25 March a joint Army-Navy Central Agreement on South West Area Operations gave operations in New Guinea priority over those in the Solomon Islands campaign.
The XVIII Army was allocated additional shipping, ordnance and anti-aircraft units, which were sent to Wewak or Hansa Bay.
Said Rabaul staff officer Masatake Okumiya of the defeat, " Our losses for this single battle were fantastic.
Not during the entire savage fighting at Guadalcanal did we suffer a single comparable blow.
We knew we could no longer run cargo ships or even fast destroyer transports to any front on the north coast of New Guinea, east of Wewak.

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