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Britain announces war against Germany
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Australia sends AIF to support British war effort in Europe
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British and Australian forces evacuate from Greece to Crete and Egypt.
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Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran sink each other off the coast of Western Australia.
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Japanese attack Pearl Harbour
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China and Australia officially declare war on Japan
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Japanese aircraft attack Darwin, in Australia's Northern Territory.
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First Contact between Austalian and Japanese troops at Awala, 40 km north of Kokoda
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Japanese take Kokoda. Australians fall back to Deniki
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Second Battle of El Alamein
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Japanese surrender
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War is announced officially over.
