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Britain and Australia declare war on Germany.
Due to Germany's invasion of Poland, Britain declare war, and Australia is an ally of Britain meaning they also declared war. -
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WW2 Events
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Invasion of Norway
The Allies tried and failed to save Norway from conquest by the Axis powers when German attention turned north to Scandanavia. -
Invasion of France
The battle of France, also known as the fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the low countries during WW2. -
Dunkirk Evacuation
Tens of thousands of Allied soldiers were evacuated from Dunkirk, France and lived to see another day. -
Battle of Britain
Significant turning point of WW2, ended when Germany's Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Airforce. -
Incumbent Australian Prime Minister, Robert Menzies wins relection
Longest serving Australian Prime Minister of 16 years. -
Australian Army begins action against Italians in Libya
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Sinking of the Bismark
British navy sank the German battleship Bismark in the North Atlantic near France. -
Tobruk falls to Autralian Infantry Forces
The seige of Tobruk lasted 241 days after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in Operation Sonnenblume against the British Western Desert Force in Libya -
Japanese Army gain ground on US, Australian and Papuan infantry in PNG
At 7.35am the Japanese Navy's first wave moves in as a complete suprise. -
Attack on Pearl Harbour by Japanese
Just before 8am hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbour. -
Japan Enters the War
The United States declares was on Japan, entering WW2. -
Singapore falls to Japanese Forces
It resulted in the capture of Singapore by the Japanese and the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. -
Japanese first air fleet conducts a suprise attack on allied ships at Darwin and Broome
It was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. -
Japan invades New Guinea
The Japanese landed near Gona on the North Coast. During the next two days they drove PNG and australia over the mountains. -
Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of Coral Sea continued through to the 8th of May. It was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of WW2 between the imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the Us and Australia. -
Battle of Midway
Crucial and decisive battle in the pacific theater. -
Battle of Starlingrad
Battle on the Eastern Front in which Nazi Germany and it's allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Starlingrad in Southern Russia. -
Battle along Kokoda Trail
More then 600 Australians were killed and 1680 wounded. It was one of the most significant battles fought by Australians in WW2. -
Japanese Army takes control of Kokoda
The fighting there, against Japanese invasion force was perhaps the most significant battle fought by Australians in WW2. -
Operation Jubilee
Was an Allied attack on the German-ocupied port of Dieppe. -
Operation Torch
The British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign. -
Battle of El Alamein
Major battle that took place near the Egyptian railway. -
D-Day Invasion of Normandy
The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the allied invasion of Normandy. -
Battle of the Buldge
It was a major German offensive campaign launded through the defensely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium. -
Push to Oder River
The Soviet Army took the fight to German soil as Hitlers Empire collapsed around him.
