Ka cika wannan jumlar: Yawancin hare-haren sama da aka kai a Arewacin Ostiraliya a shekara ta 1942 da 1943 ƙananan ne kuma an yi su ne don hana rundunar sojan sama na Allied da ke can su kai hari kan wuraren da Jafananci suke. Harin da aka kai kan Sydney Harbour a watan Mayu na shekarar 1942 yana da burin karkatar da sojojin Allied daga tsibirin Midway kafin yunƙurin Jafananci na kama shi da kamfen na jirgin ruwa na Japan na gaba a gabar gabashin Ostiraliya a cikin 1942 da 1943 ƙoƙari ne na karya layin samar da kayayyaki tsakanin Ostiraliya da New Guinea yayin Yaƙin New Guinea. Bugu da ƙari, ƙoƙarin Jafananci don kama Port Moresby a New Guinea ta hanyar
ci gaba tare da Kokoda Track da saukowa a Milne Bay tsakanin Yuli da Satumba 1942 da nufin kama garin don kammala Japan ta tsaro kewaye a yankin. Da zarar an amintar da shi, za a yi amfani da Port Moresby a matsayin tushe wanda jiragen saman Japan za su iya mamaye Torres Strait da Coral Sea, kuma ba don tallafawa mamayewar Ostiraliya ba.