Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I te 12 o Tihema, i whakaarohia e te Navy Japanese kia whakarerea a Guadalcanal. I taua wa ano, he maha nga rangatira ope taua i te Imperial General Headquarters (IGH) i kii ano kaore e taea te mahi ki te whakahoki ano i a Guadalcanal. He roopu, i arahina e IJA Colonel Joichiro Sanada, rangatira o te waahanga whakahaere o te IGH, i toro ki Rabaul i te 19 o Tihema ka korero ki a Imamura me tana kaimahi. I te hokinga mai o te roopu ki Tokyo, i taunaki a Sanada kia whakarerea a Guadalcanal. I whakaae nga kaiarahi o te IGH ki te taunakitanga a Sanada i te 26 o Tihema ka whakahau i a raatau kaimahi ki te tiimata ki te tuhi mahere mo te wehenga mai i Guadalcanal, te whakatuu i tetahi raina tiaki hou i te pokapū o Solomon, me te huri i nga kaupapa matua me nga rauemi ki te pakanga i New Guinea. I te 28 o Tihema, ko te Tiamana Hajime Sugiyama me te Admiral Osami Nagano i korero ki a Emperor Hirohito mo te whakatau ki te wehe atu i Guadalcanal. I te 31 o Tihema, i whakaaetia e te Emepara te whakatau. I timata nga Hapanihi ki te whakarite muna mo te nekehanga, i huaina ko Operation Ke, i whakaritea kia tiimata i te mutunga o Hanuere 1943.  Pātai: He aha te tau i tū ai te Operation Ke?
Ko te tau 1943