Buuxi weedha soo socota: Duqeyntii Darwin ee 19-kii Febraayo 1942 waxay ahayd weerarkii ugu weynaa ee hal mar ah oo ay awood shisheeye ku qaadaan Australia. Japan waxay isku dayday inay go'doomisho Australia, waxayna qorshaysay inay ku soo duulaan Port Moresby oo ku taalla dhulkii Australia ee New Guinea. Intii u dhaxeysay Julaay iyo Nofeembar 1942, ciidamada Australia waxay ka hortageen isku dayga Japan ee magaalada iyadoo loo marayo
Wadada loo yaqaano Kokoda Track, oo ku taalla buuraha New Guinea. Dagaalkii Buna<unk>Gona, intii u dhaxeysay Nofeembar 1942 iyo Janaayo 1943, wuxuu dejiyay heerkii ugu dambeeyay ee dagaalkii New Guinea, kaas oo sii socday illaa 1945. Weerarradii ka dhacay Papua iyo New Guinea ee 1943-1944 waxay ahaayeen taxanaha ugu weyn ee hawlgallada isku xiran ee ay abid sameeyeen ciidamada qalabka sida ee Australia.