• Australian troops arrive in Egypt.

• Battle of Bardia - (Libya).

• Battle of Tobruk.

April:

• Battle of Greece.

• Siege of Tobruk begins.

May:

• Battle of Crete.

June-July:

• Syria-Lebanon Campaign Against Vichy French troops.

November:

• Siege of Tobruk ends.

December:

• 7th December - Japan attacks Pearl Harbour in the US state of Hawaii - Declaring War on the US.

• 8th December - US declares War on Japan.

• 9th December - Australia Declares War on Japan.

• 11th December - Germany declares War on the US. The US declares War on Germany.

https://youtu.be/A2kSnlS4xX8

• 15,000 Australian troops captured in the Fall of Singapore.

• Japanese Bombing of Darwin.

https://youtu.be/n3aJXSysC9Y

March - November:

• Battle of Timor

May:

• Battle of the Coral Sea.

July - November:

• Kokoda Track Campaign (Papua new Guinea)

August - September:

• Battle of Milne Bay - First land victory over Japanese troops in Papua New Guinea.

November - January (1943):

• Battle of Buna-Gona in Papua New Guinea.

• Battle of Wau. (New Guinea)

September:

• Battle of Lae. (New Guinea)

October - December:

• Huon Peninsula Campaign begins. (New Guinea)

• Aitape -Wewak Campaign (Northern New Guinea)

• Bougainville Campaign (Naval and Land Battles in Solomon Islands)

https://youtu.be/wPlVrYnOC8s

• Battle of Tarakan (Borneo)

June:

• Battle of Labuan (Island off Borneo)

July:

• Battle of Balikpapan (Last Major Battle For Australian Troops, Dutch East Indies)

August:

• The US drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima 6th August and Nagasaki on the 9th.

  
  

  https://youtu.be/gltrQGcLcAU

• Japanese Surrenders 15th August 1945, (Surrender documents signed on September 2nd, 1945 on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.)

Post War:

• Australian Troops are part of occupying forces in Japan.