Australia in WW2
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B3nni91. As an ally of Great Britain and part of the British Commonwealth, Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies declared war...
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Australia and Britain were very close, mainly due to the fact that Britain founded Australia, and Australia considered them their...
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Women worked in the aircraft and ship building industries doing mechanical and maintenance work. 40 per cent of the work force...
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Here is a web site that gives you a pretty extensive coverage of how WW2 impacted Australia....
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The Australians experienced harsh conditions, especially on the kokoda trail. Their uniforms rotted and were subject to Malaria...
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Perhaps this book might offer some insight. The home front : life in Australia during World War II by Rosemary...
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AnswerThe role during World War 2 for women on the homefront included working in munition factories.During World War 2 women made...
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Check the Sydney newspaper archives of the time. Also, find and interview some Sydney residents who were alive at that time....
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The soundtrack is not out yet, but it is coming out soon. For more information about the movie "Australia," see the website of...
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Austalia wasn't really involved with any countries in WWII, besides mainly The US, Britian, and the Soviet Union. The Australians...
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No. They were part of the British Empire (and still are a part of the remnants of it as one of the Commonwealth Dominions), but...
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When the men of the country came home from war they were surprised to see so many women contributing to the work force and with...
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Australia's medical involvement in the war was a strong point. The Red Cross had a big part to play in the war also. Answer...
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The impact world war 2 had on Australia's relationship with the rest of the world was drastic. Australia's relationship with...
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On the 19th of February 1942, Australia's mainland came under attack for the first time by the Japanese forces. Two air raids on...
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It affected Australia's relationships with other countries because it made Australia start to question and analyze their bonds...
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AnswerHow Did Australia's relationship with England and the USA change during World War II?At the beginning of World War 2...
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Contact any one of the Australian veterans' groups, who will be delighted to help you.
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AnswerAustralian women took on the roles of the men. they were involved in the land army, and other stuff...
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Absolutely disgraceful , just as they were for the British, American and other allied groups which included civilians from the...
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AnswerI can't speak for the Australian population;I am sure they greeted the Americans ,with open arms; as they saved each other,...
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AnswerAustralia's foreign polciy changed throughout the course of world war 2 from following Britain to the USA. After the fall...
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See the links 'Kokoda Trail - Our Most Famous Battle of WW2' and 'Battle For Australia Council' for information on Australia's...
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Not many, relative to other Allied losses, especially American. According to D-Day.org: "Most of the 1,100 officers and men of...
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AnswerAustarlia relationship grew as usa was such a powerful country and still is todai autralia looked upon them for protection...
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Conscription was introduced in 1939 for all unmarried men aged 21 and over, they had to complete 3 months of military training....
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the Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist group.
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There were 39,366 Australian military deaths and 735 civilian deaths. For more info on Australian casualties in WWII go the...
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After WW2 people had different views of women and their capabilities.
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Yes, it involved and affected all Australian people.
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Answerthey worked while men where at war they made guns made bombs and a women blew her head of by accidentWoman often took jobs...
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Many were sent by converted hospital ships to various pacific islands that were under attack by the Japanese. Their role was to...
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AnswerAustralians would have apreciated their lives and all the unlimited supplies they could aquire after the war, unlike when...
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The Australian Home Front, or any Home Front for that matter refers to the efforts of civilians and servicepersonnel during a war...
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AustraliaThe job with the most women was the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) There were 19 700 women in the AWAS. This...
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Well it effected Australia in a lot of ways. the national security act gave the government the power to control the human...
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Australia troops, instead of being deplyed chiely on home soil, began to fight as a more aggressive combat force actively...
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japan attacked Australia as japan wished to gain access to Australia's resources. Japan needed steel to build more tanks. Darwin...
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No - Australians have only had women in combat for the last 5 to 10 years.
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Melissa De Sousa is 43 years old (birthdate: September 25, 1967).
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Not more than a few hundred. Although the Japanese came close, World War II never completely reached the Australian homefront.
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Answerthe kokoda trail was so important to Australia's history because It was the first time Anyone had ever stoped Japan. In...
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Australians mainly served in Italy fighting Mussolinis (spelling) forces. Australian Troops served in the Western Desert...
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AnswerEarly in the war I believe the Japanese bombed Darwin with carrier aircraft. Did more to scare the locals than actual...
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I guess that they would have had the responsibility for the running of the house and the raising of the children. Wealthy people...
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The Kokoda Trail is a place in Papua New Guinea where the Australians and the Americans both fought to protect Australia (reasons...
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According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 383,667 UK & Crown Colonies service personnel were killed during World...
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White POWs were treated abominably by the Japanese.
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As many Australian primary products were purchased as could be produced; and secondary industries manufactured many new items for...
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The Japanese wanted the trail because if they gained control over it, they could easily threaten and attack Australia and they...
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575,799 Australians served overseas during WWII out of a Military force of 993,000.
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AnswerThe japs thought that it was a privallege for them to die before the emperor as this gave them a certain entrance into...
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No. It was strictly between the U.S. and Japan.
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well i went on that cuz i went to dolland elementary school and the user and pass for me was (example) user:...
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Women helped with Mercy Work. They helped the families of POWs. They also created the Women's Land Army.
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Seeing as Australia had been at war since 1939, the attack at Pearl Harbour, December 7 1941, obviously, had no effect on...
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they experienced new terrain in papua and new ginea. they were demoralised by watching their frinds get killed and they were...
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In total, 5,896,000 British men served in WWII. 923,000 were Navy, 3,788,000 Army and 1,185,000 RAF.
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Membership in the (British) Commonwealth of Nations. An attack upon one is an attack upon all. When Britain declared war on...
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From what I understand that North Africa was Erwin Rommel's (German Army Commander) territory. He treated his POWs with respect,...
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Australia in world war 2Australian soldiers generally fought in the pacific campaigns but they also had involvement in the...
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Answerthe government had a fair amount of conrol over the Australian people because they followed the every word of the...
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AnswerOne major effect was that Australia found out that it could not rely on the UK for defense. During the war Australia built...
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Australia has change from speeches delivered by the Parliament
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Many Australian and other prisoners were forced by the Japanese to help build the Burma (Death) Railway. (See the well known film...
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women did heaps during the war such as make clothes,land army which is looking after animals,nursing,food packages,did the mans...
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it didnt affect the wives because the husbands were gone and that left the wives to bang all the men that were left <<...
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AnswerThe majority of the time in the past a womens role was basically to raise a family, when women persue jobs, the jobs...
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An Australian woman that I know joined the Army during WWII. They wouldn't let her fight. She sorted mail instead. Women were...
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ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY „« Played an important part in the Mediterranean theatre of war „« 19th July 1940: the Sydney with 5...
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Western Australians served in all arms of the Australian defence forces during WWII. Direct impacts were few, there were several...
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Reasons for Australia's Involvement Australia was a colony of Great Britain.
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They were at war with each other and, to my knowledge they did not bomb the Japanese mainland only where Japanese troops were...
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Having failed at earlier attempts to take Papua New Guinea, the Japanese landed on the north of the island and proceeded to move...
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AnswerI belive they pulled back to Crete, then when it was invaded by German partroops the survivour pulled back to EgyptThey...
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Australians were treated in a terrible manner, varying from no food supply to deadly diseases rampaging throught there...
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Australia has introduced the Colombo plan that allows Asian students to study here. The abolishment of the White Australia Policy...
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People living in Australia who had originally come from the enemycontries of Italy, Germany and Japan were arrested and sent to...
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Yes there was. They were the Axis, along with Italy.
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didnt they help look after the sick or injured soldures so that they could peform to the best of their ability.
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some of them were convicts and some came because of ww2 and wanted to start a new life.
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The same as with the US; enemies then, friends now.
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No. MLM Not as such... There is reference to the IJA landing in the wilderness of Western Australia, something like 5000...
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Australia was the third largest supplier of combat troops from the Commonwealth in Europe. Her troops were used largely in the...
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Conscription was introduced thanks to the Labor Government under Prime Minister John Curtin. Technically, Australia didn't have...
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= = = * an article of clothing for the leg, extending from about the knee to the ankle and worn with knee breeches =
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See the Related Link for "World War 2 Timeline" to the bottom for the answer.
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An Austrailian nurse who survived Radji Beach.
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AnswerAustralia experienced a population boom after the war with the return of the servicemen and women. It also changed it's...
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You should be ablew to get the answer here. If not they could at least point you in the right direction. http://www.awm.gov.au ...
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The Second AIF were involved in the battle for the Kokoda Trail (not track), in New Guinea. At first, the defence of the track...
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