ðə nˈɔːɹθwˈɛstɚn ˈɛɹiə kæmpˈeɪn wʌz, ɪnðə wˈɜːdz ʌvðɪ əfˈɪʃəl hˈɪstɚɹi ʌvðə ɹˈɑːf ɪnðə pɐsˈɪfɪk θˈiəɾɚ, "ˈɔːlmoʊst ɛntˈaɪɚli ɐn ˈɛɹ wˈɔːɹ, wɪð ɹˈeɪd ænd kˈaʊntɚɹˈeɪd".
The North-Western Area Campaign was, in the words of the official history of the RAAF in the Pacific theatre, "almost entirely an air war, with raid and counter-raid".