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Second World War History > Australia WW2 Events Timeline
 

Australia WW2 Events Timeline

Australia provided some much needed manpower and resolve through actions in both the Pacific and in European Theaters of War.

 

Total Events: 17

1941
Thursday
April 10th - April 16th

  Three divisions of British, Australian and New Zealand troops at the Aliakmon Line in the Vermion Mountains are defeated.

1941
Saturday
April 12th

  Vermion Line Allied troops are now redeployed to defensive positions around Mount Olympus.

1941
Saturday
April 26th

  Allied codebreakers intercept word of the impending German invasion of Crete.

1941
Sunday
April 27th - April 30th

  Operation Demon is activated, covering the evacuation of some 51,000 Allied troops from southern Greece via the Royal Navy.

1941
Wednesday
April 30th

  Allied forces based on Crete receive a new leader in the form of Major-General Bernard Freyberg.

1941
Monday
May 19th

  In advance of the Crete invasion, RAF fighters are relocated to Egypt for safe-keeping.

1941
Monday
May 19th

  Allied codebreakers intercept word that Operation Mercury will commence the very next day. The Allies begin preparations.

1941
Tuesday
May 20th

  In-air losses for the second wave of German paratroopers is nearly equal to the first thanks to the stellar Allied flak defenses on Crete.

1941
Tuesday
May 20th

  Allied flak teams destroy as many as 50% of the invading German transport planes in the first few hours of the operation.

1941
Wednesday
May 21st

  German Army troops making their way to Crete via the sea are intercepted and pummeled by elements of the Royal Navy. Just 60 of these German soldiers live to see another day.

1941
Wednesday
May 21st

  A German offensive against Heraklion is pushed away by at least 8,000 dug-in Allied soldiers.

1941
Tuesday
May 27th

  Allied forces retreat to defensive positions at Galatas.

1941
Wednesday
May 28th

  The evacuation order is given by Major-General Freyberg for the gradual withdrawel of Allied troops from the island of Crete.

1941
Wednesday
May 28th

  Heraklion in the north and Sphakia in the south of Crete will serve as major evacuation junctions for the Allies.

1941
Friday
May 30th

  The brave defense of Rethymnon by Australian soldiers finally falters under intense pressure from the German Army.

1942
Thursday
February 19th

  The Japanese 1st Air Fleet conducts a surprise attack on Allied ships at Broome and Darwin. Twelve ships are sunk in the assault.

1942
Sunday
March 8th

  Japan invades New Guinea.

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