Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙoƙarin ware Ostiraliya, Jafananci sun shirya mamaye Port Moresby ta teku, a yankin New Guinea na Ostiraliya. 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 ƙoƙarin Japan a kan birnin ta hanyar Kokoda Track
, a tsaunukan New Guinea. Yaƙin Milne Bay a watan Agusta 1942 shi ne karo na farko da Allied ya ci nasara a kan sojojin Japan.