The campaign formed Coming_to_be the initial part of an offensive that the Allies launched Motion in the Pacific in late 1943 and resulted in Causation the Japanese being pushed Motion north from Lae to Sio on the northern coast of New Guinea over the course of a four-month period .

A swift advance Cause_to_make_progress by the Australians along the northern coast of the peninsula followed and in January 1944 they captured Conquering Sio .

After this , mopping Scouring up operations were undertaken Action by Allied forces around Sio until March and Madang was captured Conquering in April .