Australia's Involvement in WWII

By Spadgey Crodulas Waffleton

  • Australia declares war on Germany

  • Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany

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    WWII

  • HMAS Sydney sinks the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Crete

  • Australian fighter pilots participate in the Battle of Britain

  • Australian troops capture Bardia, Libya, from the Italians

  • Australia declares war on Japan

  • Singapore surrenders. Over 15000 Australians become prisoners of war

  • Australian and British POWs in Borneo sent on notorious Sandakan Death Marches

  • Japanese aircraft bomb Darwin

  • Japanese midget submarines attack Sydney Harbour

  • Battle of El Alamein

  • Australia began the Kokoda Campaign

  • Australia withdraws due to loss at a confusing night battle

  • Australians defeat Japanese landings at Milne Bay

  • Australians recapture Kokoda

  • The second battle of El Alamein

  • Tobruk captured by the Allies

  • 9th Division returns to Australia

  • Australians capture Madang

  • Australians capture Brunei

  • Japanese surrender signed - Australians and other Allied troops occupy Japan