Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duk da haka, a watan Disamba na shekarar 1942 barazanar da ke tattare da Australia ta ragu kamar yadda aka dakatar da ci gaban Japan bayan yaƙe-yaƙe na Tekun Coral
da Guadalcanal, da kuma Kokoda Track yaƙin neman zaɓe. A sakamakon haka, an kiyasta cewa ba a buƙatar yawan adadin makamai masu linzami da aka kirkiro don kare Australia ba, kuma an umurci 2nd Armored Division don rushewa. Yayin da aka sake rarraba abubuwa na Brigade na 6 zuwa wasu sassan, an rushe Rundunar Sojoji ta 12 a ranar 13 ga Fabrairun 1943.