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Japanese movements in eastern New Guinea, 1942-1944There was no doubt that the Japanese had suffered a major defeat.
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.
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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