 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Purezidhendi weU.S. Franklin Roosevelt akarayira mutungamiriri wake muPhilippines, Mukuru Mukuru Douglas MacArthur, kunyora gadziriro yokudzivirira yePacific neAustralia muna March 1942. Curtin akabvuma kuisa mauto eAustralia pasi paGeneral MacArthur, uyo akava Mukuru Mukuru weSouth West Pacific. Curtin nokudaro akanga atungamirira chinjo huru mumutemo wokumwe weAustralia. MacArthur akatamisira dzimbahwe rake kuMelbourne muna March 1942 uye mauto eAmerica akatanga kuunganidza muAustralia. Mukupera kwaMay 1942, ngarava dzepasi pevhu duku dzeJapan dzakanyudza ngarava yokugara mukati mokurwisa kwakashinga paSydney Harbour. Musi wa8 June 1942, ngarava mbiri dzepasi pemvura dzeJapan dzakapfura kwenguva pfupi nzvimbo dzokumabvazuva kweSydney neguta reNewcastle. 