Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ga sauran yakin, an mayar da hankali ga kokarin yaki na Australiya a kudu maso gabashin Asiya da yankin Kudu maso Yammacin Pacific: sun shiga cikin Janairu 1942 a Malaya, Dutch East Indies da yankin Australiya na New Guinea. A tsakiyar shekarar 1942 Sojojin 'yan bindiga sun yi yakin Kokoda Track
, kuma yakin New Guinea ya zo ya mamaye mafi yawan sojojin sojojin Australia har zuwa 1945.