Ka cika wannan magana: A ƙoƙarin ware Ostareliya, Jafananci sun shirya su mamaye Port Moresby, da ke yankin New Guinea na Ostareliya. A watan Mayu na shekarar 1942, Sojojin ruwan Amurka sun yi karo da Jafananci a yakin Tekun Coral kuma sun dakatar da harin. Yaƙin Midway a watan Yuni ya ci nasara da sojojin ruwan Japan kuma sojojin Japan sun kai hari kan Moresby daga arewa. Tsakanin Yuli da Nuwamba 1942, sojojin Ostiraliya sun kori yunkurin Jafananci a birnin ta hanyar
Kokoda Track, a cikin tsaunukan New Guinea. Yaƙin Milne Bay a watan Agusta 1942 shi ne karo na farko da Allied ya ci nasara a kan sojojin Japan.