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Australia in the War of 1939–1945 is a 22-volume official history series covering Australian involvement in the Second World War.The series was published by the Australian War Memorial between 1952 and 1977, most of the volumes being edited by Gavin Long, who also wrote three volumes and the summary volume The Six Year War.
Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany. Australia later entered into a state of war with other members of the Axis powers , including the Kingdom of Italy on 11 June 1940, [ 1 ] and the Empire of Japan on 9 December 1941. [ 2 ]
Australia in the War of 1939–1945: Series Three (Air) Volume I – Royal Australian Air Force 1939–1942. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 2000369. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Ilbery, Peter (2002). Hatching an Air Force: 2 SFTS, 5 SFTS, 1 BFTS Uranquinty and Wagga-Wagga. Maryborough, Queensland: Banner Books.
Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 1 – Army. Vol. V. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 3134247. McKenzie-Smith, Graham (2018). The Unit Guide: The Australian Army 1939–1945, Volume 2. Warriewood, New South Wales: Big Sky Publishing. ISBN 978-1-925675-146. The Army List of Officers of the Australian Military Forces. Melbourne ...
The only ship sunk during the war by a German U-boat in the Pacific Ocean. [10] Attack on ship, sinking and rescue of crew described in the Australian Official Histories of the Second World War. [11] (Liberty ship) 6/2/45 U 862: SS Peter Silvester: 7176 820 nm SW of Fremantle In the Indian Ocean, 32 of crew lost [12] (Liberty ship)
The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation 1901–2001. Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195515072. Wigmore, Lionel (1957). The Japanese Thrust. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 1, volume 4. Canberra, Australia: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 898915242.
Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939. On 14 September Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced that 40,000 members of the Militia would be called up for training and a 20,000-strong expeditionary force, designated the Second Australian Imperial Force, would be formed for overseas service. Like its predecessor, the Second AIF was a ...
Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 1 – Army. Vol. 2. Canberra, ACT: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 3134080. Long, Gavin (1963). The Final Campaigns. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 1 – Army. Vol. 7 (1st ed.). Canberra, ACT: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 1297619. Maughan, Barton (1966). Tobruk and El Alamein. Australia in ...