Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pasinei zvapo nokutya kweAustralia, vaJapan havana kutongova nechinangwa chokupinda munyika yeAustralia. Nepo kupindirwa kwakarangarirwa neJapan Imperial General Headquarters muna Kukadzi 1942, kwakatongwa kuve kwakapfuura kugona kwemauto eJapan uye hapana kuronga kana kumwe kugadzirira kwakaitwa. Panzvimbo pezvo, muna March 1942 uto reJapan rakagamuchira zano rokuparadzanisa Australia neUnited States kupfurikidza nokutora Port Moresby muNew Guinea neSolomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa neNew Caledonia. Bva urongwa uhwu hwakakanganiswa nokukundwa kweJapan muHondo yeGungwa reCoral
uye yakamiswa kwenguva isingazivikanwi pashure peHondo yeMidway. Nepo hondo idzi dzakapedza tyisidziro kuAustralia, hurumende yeAustralia yakaramba ichinyevera kuti kupamba kwaibvira kutozosvikira pakati pa1943. Nhevedzano yekurwiswa nendege kweJapan kuchamhembe kweAustralia kwakaitika muna 1942 na1943, uye nepo dziviriro huru yakapihwa neRAAF neAllied fighters, huwandu hweAustralia Army anti-aircraft mabhatiri akabatanidzwawo mukutarisana nekutyisidzira uku.