Australia in the War of 1939–1945 is a 22-volume official history series covering Australian involvement in the Second World War. The series was published...
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The War Medal 1939–1945 is a campaign medal which was instituted by the United Kingdom on 16 August 1945, for award to citizens of the British Commonwealth...
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Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany. Australia...
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The history of Australia from 1901 to 1945 begins with the federation of the six colonies to create the Commonwealth of Australia. The young nation joined...
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The Australia Service Medal 1939–1945 recognises service in Australia's armed forces, Mercantile Marine and Volunteer Defence Corps during World War II...
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The 1939–1945 Star is a military campaign medal instituted by the United Kingdom on 8 July 1943 for award to British and Commonwealth forces for service...
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History of the Second World War (104 volumes), Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1949 to 1993 Official History of Australia in the War of 1939–1945 (22...
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Volume I – Royal Australian Navy, 1939–1942. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original (PDF) on...
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The Australian Army was the largest service in the Australian military during World War II. Prior to the outbreak of war the Australian Army was split...
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Year. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 1 – Army. Vol. 5. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 3134247. Miller, Edward S. (2007). War Plan Orange:...
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during the early years of the Pacific War. Robert Menzies was sworn in as Prime Minister of Australia for the first time on 26 April 1939 following the death...
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Richard (1983). The Great War at Sea, 1914-1918. Oxford University Press. p. 223. ISBN 9780192158710. Australia in the war of 1939-1945: Ser. 5. Medical...
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University of Illinois Press. ISBN 025207064X. Odgers, George (1968) [1957]. Air War Against Japan, 1943–1945. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series...
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Hermon (1957). Royal Australian Navy, 1939–1942. Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Series 2, Volume I. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 848228...
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The history of Poland from 1939 to 1945 encompasses primarily the period from the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to the end of...
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participated in World War II from 1939 to 1945 as a member of the Axis and encapsulates a significant period in the history of the Empire of Japan, marked...
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First Year: Kokoda to Wau. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 1 – Army. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 2009-05-25...
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George (1968). Air War Against Japan 1943–1945. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 3 – Air (reprint ed.). Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 11218821...
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partially-recognized client state of Nazi Germany which existed between 14 March 1939 and 4 April 1945 in Central Europe. The Slovak part of Czechoslovakia declared...
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against the persecution of Jewish citizens. World War II occurred in four distinct phases in the Netherlands: September 1939 to May 1940: After the war broke...
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The Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF, or Second AIF) was the volunteer expeditionary force of the Australian Army in the Second World War. It...
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New Guinea campaign (redirect from New Guinea in World War II)
The New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 1942 until the end of the war in August 1945. During the initial phase in early 1942, the...
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Archibald Roosevelt (category United States Army personnel of World War I)
David Dexter (1961) Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 1 – Army – Volume 6 Chapter 5. The Capture of Mubo, The Australian War Memorial (TOC Archived...
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Paul (1952). The Government and the People 1939–1941. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 4 – Civil. Vol. I. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. Horner...
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Royal Australian Navy, 1939–1942 (PDF). Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 848228. Archived (PDF) from the original...
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Numfor (category Islands of Western New Guinea)
"Chapter 14—The Assault Armadas Strike" (PDF). Royal Australian Navy, 1942–1945. Australia in the War of 1939–1945 (1st ed.). Canberra: Australian War Memorial...
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World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers...
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The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a...
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Borneo campaign (redirect from Borneo campaign, 1945)
Gavin Merrick (1963). The Final Campaigns. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 1 – Army. Vol. VII. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 464094764...
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(2001). The Encyclopedia of Australia's Battles. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. Gillison, Douglas (1962). History of Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series...
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