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As in WW1 against Germany, Australia was obliged to defend it's colony against Japan. So it recalled its troops from the Middle East where they were fighting a European war and faced this first major threat to itself. Previous commitments to wars were promoting the interests of Britain, not defence of Australia, but now Australia was under direct threat for the first time and the invasion of New Guinea posed a direct threat, and New Guinea became an essential part its own defence.

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