Kammala wannan jumla: Barazana ga arewacin Ostiraliya ta ragu a rabi na biyu na 1942, saboda shirin da ya dace a cikin Pacific ya sake dawowa ta hanyar Allied. Rundunar sojan ruwan Japan ta sha wahala sau biyu, da farko a cikin Tekun Coral a watan Mayu, sannan kuma a
Tsibirin Midway a watan Yuni, yana lalata ƙarfin jirgin saman Japan, wanda ya kasance mabuɗin nasarar da ta samu a farkon. Daga tsakiyar 1942 zuwa gaba, rawar da sansanonin Townsville suka taka ba ta kare Ostiraliya ba ce, amma tallafin kayan aiki ne ga hare-haren Allied a cikin yankin da ke hannun Japan.