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Start of WWII
Germany invades Poland -
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Australia WW2 timespan
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Australia aids Britain
When Great Britain declares war on Germany, the Dominions including Australia enter the war, too. PM Menzies words on a national wireless broadcast. -
Australia declaring war
Australia declares war on Germany -
English channel
German forces reach the English channel. -
Sending Troops
Australia sends the second AIF to support British war effort in Europe, especially in the Western Desert of North Africa, Greece & Crete, on Cyprus and the Middle East. -
British channel islands
Germany invades the British Channel Islands -
Hungary and Romania
Hungary and Romania, both military dictatorships, join the axis. -
battle
Tobruk falls to Australian infantry forces.
Australia sends ground forces to Malaya. -
Yugoslavia and Greece
Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece -
Crete invaded by Germany
German paratroopers and airborne troops invade Crete by air -
german siege
The long German siege of Leningrad begins. -
Australian ship sunk
HMAS Sydney missing believed sunk. -
The Pacific
Japan enters the war with devastating offensive actions throughout the Pacific. -
Commander in Chief (Hitler)
Hitler orders "fanatic resistance" and appoints himself military commander-in-chief. -
Japanese reconnaissance
Japanese reconnaissance landings on New Guinea, campaign that will directly threaten the Australian homeland. -
Japanese victory over Singapore
Singapore falls to Japanese troops along with Australian 8th division surrendering -
Australia attacked
Japanese bombs Darwin -
Kokoda Track
Japanese land forces tries to reach Port Moresby using the Kokoda track who are stopped by the Australian troops. -
Buna and Gona
Buna & Gona fall to Australians after heavy fighting. -
Australia & US
Australian and US forces maneuvers by land, sea and air to conquer Japanese strongholds -
Mussolini arrested
Mussolini is replaced and arrested. -
Italy surrenders
Italy surrenders. The German forces in northern and central Italy occupy it -
Soviet
The Soviets advances into Poland -
Air raid
The British drops bombs on Hamburg,germany -
Germans retreat
germans retreat to the Adolf Hitler line -
Bombing of Tokyo
B-29 bombers begin to bomb Tokyo from bases in the Mariana islands -
Battleof the Bulge
The German attack in the Ardennes begin -
Australian victory over Japanese
Australian forces inflict defeats on the Japanese cut off from their homeland islands -
cermonial march
An Australian contingent marches in the ceremonial Victory Day Parade in London -
Germany surrenders
Germany surrenders. The war in Europe ends -
Russia declares war
Russia declares war on Japan -
End of WWII
Japan surrenders. World war 2 ends