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.
