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Japan Sink 2 British Battle Ships
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Pearl Harbor Bombings
360 JAP Aircraft, 6 sunk, 1 ashore, 120 aircraft, 2,403 killed JAP lost 27 aircraft -
The Japanese declared that the European Domination of Asia was over.
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Australian Troops were sent to Malaya (Malaysia)
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War was creeping closer to Australian Shores
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The Australian Defneders Surrender to the Japanese
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Japanese Landed in Singapore
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General Percival surrendered and Japanese took more than 140,000 prisoners aprox 15,000 were Australian Soliders
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4 days after fall fall of Singapore, first ever air attack on AUS mainland occurred, Darwin bombings, 243 people were killed.
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Timor was invaded Feb 19-20 1942 (conducted Gorilla campaign)
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Happened between 28 febuary 1942 - 1 March 1942
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An air raid on Broome North-Wes of Australia, 70 lives were lost.
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All allied forces in Java surrendered
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By end of March 1942 , there was a line of Japanese held territory directly north of Australia, Australian's began to fear war
