 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mumwedzi mitanhatu yokutanga yeHondo yePacific mauto eJapane akapinda muDutch East Indies. Rabaul yakatorwa musi wa 23 January 1942, Singapore yakawamusi wa 15 Kukadzi, Lae naSalamaua vakatorwa musi wa 8 Kurume, uye Java yakapa musi wa 9 Kurume. Lieutenant General George Brett, mutungamiriri weAmerica muAustralia, aitya kuti vaJapan vaizopinda kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweAustralia. Vakuru Vemauto vokuAustralia havana kubvumirana nazvo. Mukurumbidza kwakanyorwa naMajor General Sydney Rowell, panguva iyoyo mutevedzeri weAustralia Chief weGeneral Staff, musi wa5 Kurume vakapokana kuti maJapan aizoedza kudimbura kutaurirana kweAustralia neUnited States nekufamba vachipesana nePort Moresby, New Caledonia neFiji. Pakazosvika pakati paApril, ruzivo rweAllied rwakanga ruchinyevera nezvekurwiswa kweJapan kwePort Moresby, iyo yakadzingwa muHondo yeGungwa reCoral musi waMay 5 kusvika 8. 