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Australia declared war on Germany
Britain declared war and Australia told the united kingdom to notify Germany that they are an associate of the United Kingdom. -
Australia in the battle of Britain
This air campaign, known as the Battle of Britain, officially lasted from 10 July to 31 October 1940. less then than 450Australians fought in the battle of Britain but one in particular exceeded expectations. his name was Pat Hughes and he successfully shot down 14 enemy planes.this put him among the ten leading aces of the battle. -
Australia declared war on Japan
After the attacks in Thailand, Malaya, the Philippines, Pearl Harbor and Hawaii. Australia's governor-general, Alexander Hore-Ruthven, declared that Australia was at war with Japan. -
japanese aircraft bomb darwin
Japanese forces mounted two air raids on Darwin. The first raid, which began just before 10.00 am, Kate bombers hit shipping, infrastructure and the town. In the second raid which began around 11.45 am, involved high altitude bombing of the Royal Australian Air Force base by twin-engine machines.
The two raids killed 235 people with a further 300 to 400 wounded. -
Japanese midget submarines attack Sydney Harbour
japan sent 3 midget submarines towards Sydney Harbour to destroy the USS Chicago which was stationary there.They were launched from a group of five larger submarines waiting off the Heads. All three midget submarines were lost, with two of them destroyed before they could fire their torpedoes. the third sub fired its torpedo but missed the USS Chicago and hit the HMAS Kuttabul, a converted ferry, and killing 21 sleeping sailors aboard. -
battle of El Alemein
The last battle of El Alamein, located in Egypt, was the first great Allied victory of the war. but a lot of men were lost during the war; the 8th Army suffered 13,560, the Axis 90,000. The 9th Australian Division lost 620 men killed and another 1,944 were wounded. -
Australians contribution in D-Day
The Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy involved more than 3,000 military personnel serving under British command. 2,500 of these were RAAF airmen in Australian squadrons and British Royal Air Force units. And the other 500 were members of the Royal Australian Navy -
The Sandakan Death Marches
The Sandakan Death Marches were a series of forced marches in Borneo from Sandakan to Ranau. this resulted in the death of over 2300 people. only six Australians survived, all of whom had escaped. It is widely considered to be the single worst atrocity suffered by Australian servicemen during the Second World War. -
japanese surrender
The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945.declaration was the result of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
