Australia's involvement in WWII

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    World War II

  • The Axis

    Germany forms the Rome-Berlin Axis with fascist Italy.

  • The First Pact

    Germany forms an Anti-Comitern pact with Japan.

  • The Second Pact

    Hitler makes a pact with Stalin.

  • Invasion of Poland

    Adolf Hitler invades Poland. World War II officially begins.

  • War Begins Again

    Britain declares war on Germany. At the same time, so does Australia.

  • The Phony War

    A battle in which relatively nothing happens.

  • Beginning of The Battle of Britain

    The beginning of the aerial warfare between the Allies and the Axis.

  • End of The Battle of Britain

    The aerial warfare came to an end, as did The Blitz.

  • Fall of Singapore

    After weeks of fighting, the British forces stationed in Singapore were ordered to surrender and retreat. Japan subsequently took over Singapore.

  • Start of the Kokoda Campaign

    Australian troops land at Kokoda and prepare to repel the Japanese forces.