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The possibility of invading Australia was discussed by the Japanese Army and Navy on several occasions in February 1942. On 6 February the Navy Ministry formally proposed a plan in which eastern Australia would be invaded at the same time other Japanese forces captured Fiji, Samoa, and New Caledonia, and this
Model of the Volkshalle in World Capital Germania, part of Adolf Hitler's vision for the future of Nazi Germany after the planned victory in World War II.. A hypothetical military victory of the Axis powers over the Allies of World War II (1939–1945) is a common topic in speculative literature.
Operation Mo (MO作戦, Mo Sakusen) or the Port Moresby Operation was a Japanese plan to take control of the Australian Territory of New Guinea during World War II as well as other locations in the South Pacific. The goal was to isolate Australia and New Zealand from the Allied United States.
Air War Against Japan, 1943–1945. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Vol. Series 3 – Air. Volume II. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 1990609. Palazzo, Albert (2001). The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation 1901–2001. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-551506-4. Seapower Centre – Australia (2005).
This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan. Control over all territories except most of the Japanese mainland ( Hokkaido , Honshu , Kyushu , Shikoku , and some 6,000 small surrounding islands) was renounced by Japan in the ...
A volunteer force was formed as Australia's contribution to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan, and Australia provided the BCOF's headquarters and a high proportion of its personnel. [226] This force later formed the nucleus of the post-war Australian Army, which included permanent combat units for the first time. [227]
Mount Pleasant, Western Australia: Grimwade Publications. ISBN 978-0980629101. Odgers, George (1957). Air War Against Japan 1943–1945. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 3 – Air. Vol. 2. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 1990609. Royal Navy Historical Section (1957). War with Japan. Vol.
These islands were part of the Australian Territory of New Guinea, a League of Nations mandate since 1920. Anchoring its defensive positions in the South Pacific was the major Japanese army and navy base at Rabaul , New Britain , which had been captured from the Australians in January 1942.