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[[Image:Work fight or perish (RC02370).jpg|thumb|An Australian Government leaflet bearing the likeness and signature of Prime Minister [[John Curtin]], telling Australians that they must make sacrifices for the war effort.]]
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 The RAAF and USAAF played an important role throughout the Kokoda Track campaign by attacking the Japanese force's supply lines and [[Airdrop|airdropping]] supplies to Australian Army units.<ref>{{cite paper |last= |first= |author=Air Power Development Centre |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Air Campaign Over the Kokoda Trail |version= |publisher=Air Power Development Centre |date=2005 |url=http://defence.gov.au/raaf/airpower/html/publications/pathfinder/2005/Pathfinder_37_Dec05_hires.pdf |format=PDF |id= |accessdate=2008-01-26 }}</ref>⏎


Australian forces also defeated an attempt to capture the strategic [[Milne Bay]] area in August 1942. During the [[Battle of Milne Bay]] two brigades of Australian troops, designated Milne Force, supported by two RAAF fighter squadrons defeated a smaller Japanese invasion force made up of elite [[Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces]] units. This was the first notable Japanese land defeat and raised Allied morale across the Pacific Theatre.<ref>Coates (2006). Page 232.</ref>

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