If it wasn't for the good old USA and it's many gun owners and finest military in the world the Australians, the New Zealanders and their cousins, the British fog breathers would be speaking Japanese right now. They are ungrateful people who don't deserve help from us any more.
Actually, Japan had rejected the idea of invading Australia, and never had a plan for invading NZ either.
It is also worth noting though, that Australia and NZ had been at war for over two years by December 1941, and the US didn't step in to help. When the Japanese attacked you on December 7, we were among the first, if not the first, to declare war on Japan to support you. That is right, we declared war on Japan because they attacked you, not the other way around.
We've never been less than appreciative of the role the US played in the Pacific in WWII though. Our soldiers, sailors and airmen fought and died in that conflict too though, and in fact a significantly higher proportion of our populations lost their lives than did yours.
We have not been anything less than appreciative of the relationship we have had with the US ever since either.We have supported you in every conflict your country has got into since then, though you haven't always supported us, and Australians and Kiwis have laid down their lives .in support of the US in battles all around the world.
And you say we are ungrateful to you. You simply don't know what you are talking about.