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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