[Jacquerie]

All well and good, but it was the May 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea that stymied the Jap advance on Australia.

[Chainmail]

True enough, but it was Midway and Guadalcanal that stopped the Japanese offensive for good and gave breathing room for Australia.

Anybody remember the good old union dockworkers in New Zealand? Made the Marines who were soon to fight on Guadalcanal and Tulagi load their own ships - in the rain - while they held out for more money. Hope they ended up in the lowest regions of where the ambient settings are "deep fat fry" for that sliminess.