Sliding back to "behind-enemy-lines" scenarios, not necessarily Kalisz-style, I'm reading a book on Carlson's Raiders. The "Long Patrol"-- 5 weeks by the 2nd Raiders on Guadalcanal, in the Japanese rear-- would be a good model for short or long campaigns.
My short take on Japan vs. Australia alone-- the Japanese couldn't get to Australia with enough units to do more than seize one spot (like Darwin) and hang on for while (a year?). I don't think they had the sealift to move 500,000 men at any time. A blockade is a possibility, but it would be a pretty thin one. The Australians (alone) couldn't generate the air & naval power to stop the Japanese, or do much more than eject the Japanese from the continent.
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My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.
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