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War in the Pacific
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- 1Attack on Pearl HarbourWhen: 7 December 1941
Attack on an American naval base
Alerted Allies to before ignored threat of Japan
Allies declared war on Japan - 2Fall of SingaporeWhen: 8 December 1941-15 February 1942
8 December 1941- First bombs dropped
Singapore was a British colony
Singapore key part to Australia's 'Singapore Strategy'
Japanese siege of Singapore itself lasted little over a week
British believed that Malay Peninsula would be impossible to cross, yet the Japanese did
British surrendered 15 February 1942
Largest British led surrender in foreign history - 3Drive to JapanWar of attrition (sides had to wear each other down)
1943- Allies made 2 successful counterattacks
Australia's role changed- smaller military- task was believed to be to provide resources for other nations
Japan came tougher and more desperate - 4New GuineaWhen: 1942
Japan occupied North East New Guinea in 1942
Only option was to go on Kokoda Trail - 5Kokoda CampaignWhen: 1942
Kokoda was a 96km long narrow path
The 'Marouba' Force was an Australian milita unit that was under equipped with resources- many of the soldiers had only just turned 18
23 July- Marouba slowed Japanese advance across Rusumi River
29 July- Men retreated to Denihi with casualties
Battle of Isurua- the AIF troops began to arrive
2 November- Trail back in Allied hands - 6Battle of MidwayWhen: 4-7 June 1942
Japanese attempted to capture US forces
US intercepted communications
US destroyed 200 Japanese aircrafts and 4 aircraft carriers - 7Battle of Coral SeaWhen: 4-8 May 1942
Fought off north-east coast of Queensland and New Guinea
Prevented Japanese from launching an assault on Port Moresby - 8The Battle for Northern AustraliaWhen: 19 February 1942
There was little funding for the Australian military/RAAF.
Australia relied on Britain- forced to appeal to the US
December 1941- Women and children were evacuated from Darwin
19 February 1942- Japan launched assault
Government downplayed amount of deaths
November 1943- By now, there had been 97 airborne attacks - 9Sydney HarbourWhen: May 31st 1942
3 Japanese midjet submarines entered Sydney Harbour
Killed 21 people before being sunk
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