 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mauto eAustralia akatambura kukundwa kwakatevedzana mumwedzi yokutanga yeHondo yePacific. The 8th Division uye RAAF squadrons muMalaya vakaumba chikamu cheBritish Commonwealth mauto ayo akanga asingakwanisi kumisa duku Japanese kupinda mauto ayo akaburuka musi wa 7 December. Mauto eBritish Commonwealth akadzokera kuSingapore pakupera kwaJanuary, asi akamanikidzwa kuzviisa pana February 15 pashure pokunge maJapan atora chikamu chikuru chechitsuwa chacho. Mauto maduku eAustralia akakundwawo uye akakundwa mukuvamba kwa1942 paRabaul, uye paAmbon, Timor, uye Java. Guta reAustralia reDarwin rakaputirwa zvikuru nemaJapan musi wa19 February, kudzivirira kushandiswa kwaro senzvimbo yeAllied. VaAustralia vanopfuura 22 000 vakatorwa senhapwa mukuvamba kwa1942 uye vakatsungirira mamiriro ezvinhu akaoma mukutapwa kwechiJapan. Vasungwa vaibatwa nourwere hwokushaya zvokudya zvinovaka muviri, vairambidzwa kurapwa uye vaiwanzorohwa nokuurayiwa navarindi vavo. Somugumisiro, vasungwa vokuAustralia 8 296 vakafa vari muutapwa. 