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Pacific War
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The Fall of Singapore
Japan Sink 2 British Battle Ships
Planned to Take singapore in 100 days only took 70. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor Bombings
360 JAP Aircraft, 6 sunk, 1 ashore, 120 aircraft, 2,403 killed JAP lost 27 aircraft -
The Japanese Declared War
The Japanese declared that the European Domination of Asia was over. -
Australian Troops sent to Malaya
Australian Troops were sent to Malaya (Malaysia) -
War closer to Home
War was creeping closer to Australian Shores -
AUS Defenders Surrender
The Australian Defneders Surrender to the Japanese -
Japanese Landed on South Island
Japanese Landed in Singapore -
Battle Of singapore
General Percival surrendered and Japanese took more than 140,000 prisoners aprox 15,000 were Australian Soliders -
Darwin Bombings
4 days after fall fall of Singapore, first ever air attack on AUS mainland occurred, Darwin bombings, 243 people were killed. -
Timor was invaded
Timor was invaded Feb 19-20 1942 (conducted Gorilla campaign) -
Japanese Landed in Java
Happened between 28 febuary 1942 - 1 March 1942 -
Broome Bombings
An air raid on Broome North-Wes of Australia, 70 lives were lost. -
Allied Forces surrender
All allied forces in Java surrendered -
Australian's Fear War
By end of March 1942 , there was a line of Japanese held territory directly north of Australia, Australian's began to fear war
