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Arrival of Australian warships in the Mediterranean
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Australian fighter pilots participate in the Battle of Britain
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Australian troops capture Bardia, Libya, from the Italians
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Australian and British troops abandon Malayan Peninsula
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Australian troops enter Benghazi
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Fighting in Greece
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Australia declares war on Japan
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Withdrawal of Australian troops in north Africa to Australia
Battle of El Alamein, Egypt, starts. -
Australians recapture Kokoda
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Australians and Americans defeat the Japanese at Gona