i don't know much about the Aussies, but i do know this, The Japanese POW's suffered a fate worse than Death, they were tortured in the most barbaric ways possible, including having a petrol-laden cloth wrapped around their genitalia and then having it lit, The POW's in Europe from Australia were
A) few in number and
B) not as badly treated and often just went a little bit hungry
If you would care to read the documents on the Australian POW's in Germany were much better treated, in a more humane way then the ways that the Japanese were treating the Australians. Although it still must be looked upon. Hope I Could help :)
Japan didn't invade Germany. During World War II, Japan actually joined Germany. It was part of the Axis which included Germany, Italy and Japan. After the United States declared war on Japan, Italy and Germany, as Japan's allies, declared war on the United States.
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I beleive that Japan was on Germany's side. __ They were part of the Allies, so they fougt against Germany in WW1. During WW2 they were part of the Axis and allies with Germany.
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The Australian government declared war on Japan Germany and Italy because they're part of the British Commonwealth, the declared war when Britain did. This also applied to New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and India, to name the bigger countries in the Commonwealth.
26,358 Australian soldiers, of all branches(RAN, RAAF, Army) became POWs during World War II. This number includes both the Pacific war against Japan and the war in Europe, against Germany.
Japan was the third member of the TRIPARTITE PACT. Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Germany and Japan were allies during World War 2. They were not at war with each other.
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