Australia in World War 2

On the 3rd September 1939, Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced ...

• That Australia would be joining the United States to fight in the Pacific

• That Australia would be fighting Italy in North Africa

• That Australia would be sending troops to Singapore and Malaya

• That because Britain was at war, Australia too was at war with Germany

Four days after Allied troops surrendered at Singapore, what significant event occurred?

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

• The Japanese attack on Darwin

• The Battle of the Coral Sea

• The Battle of Kokoda

Which places did Australian troops fight in during WW2? [Can be more than one]

• Greece

• Italy

• Libya

• Palestine

After the fall of Singapore, Prime Minister John Curtin made what dramatic change in Australian foreign policy?

• He decided to invade New Zealand

• That Australia should pull out of fighting and become neutral.

• That Australia would align itself to the United States to fight the Japanese in the Pacific

• That Australian troops should fight to defend British colonies like Burma and India.

When Allied troops surrendered to the Japanese at Singapore, how many Australian soldiers became prisoners of war?

• 7,500

• 15,000

• 30,000

• 60,000

The Battle of Kokoda occurred in which Australian territory?

• Timor

• Malaya

• Christmas Island

• New Guinea

Australian troops stopped the Japanese advance along the Kokoda track before which city?

• Cairns

• Jakarta

• Port Moresby

• Gona

Which Asian nations did Australian troops fight in? [Can choose more than one]

• Malaya

• Japan

• Philippines

• New Guinea

Which Royal Australian Navy ship was sunk off the coast of Geraldton with the loss of all crew on board by the German raider Kormoran?

• HMAS Sydney

• HMAS Perth

• HMAS Canberra

• HMAS Wangaratta

Australian troops fighting in the Pacific were under the overall command of which American military commander?

• Admiral Chester Nimitz

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• General Douglas MacArthur

• General Dwight Eisenhower