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Did the US and Great Britain help defend Australia during World War 2?
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∙ 12y ago
For a short answer: See the Battle of Coral Sea.
The US and Australia were close allies in the war after Singapore fell to the Japanese. After the fall of Singapore, Britain was pretty much out of the picture in the Pacific Theatre and thus unable to help Australia defend itself against the Japanese advance. Meanwhile, the Americas were pushed out of the Philippines and forced to retreat to Australia. It is here they set up base and re-grouped until re-inforcements from the States could arrive. During their stay, the Americans were given supreme command over all of Australia's military still in the Pacific under the Allied South West Pacific Area command (SWPA).
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoAustralians fought to defend their own country and they fought with the Allied nations in both the European theater and the Pacific theater of the war. They did very well fighting in Africa and the Pacific. Some struggled in the colder climates but they were very good soldiers all over the globe in World War 2.
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∙ 15y agoNo, only stationed in, or transitting through, Australia, although a few American servicemen saw action during the air raids by the Japanese on various coastal towns such as Darwin.
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∙ 7y agoYes.
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