As part of the British Empire, Australia was among the first nations to declare war on Nazi Germany and between 1939 and 1945 nearly one million Australian men and women served in what was going to be the Second World War. They fought in campaigns against the Axis powers across Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa.
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- An Australian light machine gun team in action during the Aitape–Wewak campaign, June 1945. Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939...
- Compulsory military service for duty within Australia was revived in 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War.
- The chapter illustrates that while the United States had played an enormous role in helping to defend Australia during the Second World War, the Australian...
- The Australian Navy operated in the Mediterranean Sea (1940–41), helping to win the Battle of Cape Matapan (March 1941).
- During Australia’s second world war on December the 8th 1941 the Japanese invaded Siam today named Thailand...
- As part of the British Empire, Australia was among the first nations to declare war on Nazi Germany and between 1939 and 1945 nearly one million Australian men...
- Opposition Leader John Curtin, who had also opposed conscription during the First World War, voiced his party’s opposition to the move.
- During the Second World War Australian forces made a significant contribution to the Allied victory in Europe and in Asia and the Pacific.
- Although some Nikkei returned to Australia in the 1950s, the post-war Nikkei-Australian community has very few ties to the pre-war community (Nagata 1996).
- Due to these reasons, immigration into Australia during the early 20th century remained slow – a growth of only 4 million people between 1905 and 1949...
- In book: Fighting Australia’s Cold War: The Nexus of Strategy and Operations in a Multipolar Asia, 1945–1965 (pp.35-52).
- Almost one million Australians served, overseas and at home, during the Second World War and over 39,000 Australians lost their lives.
- In total, almost 1 million Australians served during the war in Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia, and throughout the Pacific region.