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  Ausralian Soldiers had been sent up to the Kokoda Track
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  The Japanese attack the Australians at Isurava and Alola
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  Australian troops had stopped the Japanese at Milne Bay
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  1000 men of the 7th devision took over the defence of the Kokoda Track
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  By September the Japanese faced exhaustion with little food left and many suffering illness
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  The Australian flag flew a the village of Kokoda
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  In early 1943 (not sure about the date stated above) the Japanese were cleared from Buna, Gona and Sanananda on the north coast of Papua