 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VaJapan vakatanga kubhomba DarwinMusi wa 19 February 1942, uye Mukuru Mukuru weAmerica Douglas MacArthur akasvika muAustralia musi wa 17 March, pashure pokurayirwa kuti abve muPhilippines iyo yakawa pakutanga kwaMay. Panguva ino Australia yakaoneka iri mungozi iri pedyo yokupindirwa, asi hondo mbiri dzinokosha dzomugungwa dzakaderedza iyi tyisidziro. Hondo yeGungwa reCoral, yakarwiwa musi wa4 kusvika musi wa8 May, yakaita kuti mauto eJapan asvike kuPort Moresby, uye Hondo yeMidway, yakarwiwa kutanga kwaJune 1942, yakaita kuti mauto eJapan anotakura ndege asava nesimba. 