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What happened at Pearl Harbor?date

7 December 1941. Japan surprise-attacked the American naval base in Hawaii, causing the USA to enter WWII.

What happened when Singapore fell?

Japan captured Singapore and around 15,000 Australian soldiers became prisoners of war.

What happened during the Japanese attack on Sydney Harbour?date

31 May–1 June 1942. Japanese midget submarines attacked Sydney Harbour, increasing fears of an invasion.

What was the Battle of the Coral Sea?date

4–8 May 1942. Allied forces stopped Japan's planned invasion of Port Moresby.

What was the Battle of Milne Bay?

Australian troops defeated Japanese forces, marking their first major land defeat by Allied troops.

What was the Kokoda Campaign?date

july–November 1942. Australian soldiers fought Japanese troops through difficult jungle terrain in Papua New Guinea, protecting Port Moresby.

What was the Phoney War?date

September 1939–April 1940. Britain and France were at war with Germany, but there was little major fighting on the Western Front.

What was the Battle of Dunkirk?

Around 338,000 Allied soldiers were evacuated from France, allowing them to continue fighting.

What was the Battle of Britain?

was an air battle where Britain successfully defended itself against German air attacks, preventing Hitler from invading Britain.

What was the Siege of Tobruk?

Australian and Allied troops defended a Libyan port against German and Italian attacks.

What was Operation Barbarossa?

Germany invaded the Soviet Union, opening a major Eastern Front.

What was D-Day?

Allied forces invaded Normandy in France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe.