Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Barazanar da ke arewacin Ostiraliya ta ragu a rabi na biyu na 1942, saboda shirin da ya dace a cikin Pacific ya sake dawowa ta hanyar Allied. Sojojin ruwan Japan sun sha wahala sau biyu, da farko a Tekun Coral a watan Mayu, sannan a Tsibirin Midway
a watan Yuni, da gaske lalata Japan ta sojan ruwa iska ikon, wanda ya kasance da key zuwa da farko nasara. 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.