Friday, November 6, 2009

PACIFIC ISLANDS-1940

Emperor Hirohito inspecting his troops.
Pacific Islands!
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04/01/1940The 16th Australian Brigade marches through the streets of Sydney.
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11/03/1940A coal strike in New South Wales begins.
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11/05/1940Allied troops land in Dutch West Indies.
27/05/1940Japanese Premier Admiral Yonai forms ‘Inner Cabinet’ with ministers for Foreign Affairs, War and the Navy.
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11/06/1940Australia and New Zealand declare war on Italy.
13/06/1940The German raider Orion lays mines off Auckland, New Zealand.
15/06/1940The Communist Party of Australia is declared as illegal.
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16/07/1940Japanese Cabinet resigns under army pressure.
18/07/1940Prince Konoye forms new Japanese Cabinet with Army and Navy nominees.
27/07/1940Japan announces its plans for the creation of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
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13/08/1940An air crash in Canberra kills three UAP ministers and Chief of the Australian General Staff.
28/08/1940Alter the ‘voluntary dissolution of all political parties’, President Konoye of Japan announces structure to ‘unite the total energies of the state and people.’
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27/09/1940Japan signs the tripartite pact with Germany and Italy, hoping to deter the USA from interfering in its affairs. However, this step had the opposite affect as the USA now saw Japan as siding with the aggressors.
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01/10/1940Petrol rationing is introduced in Australia.
19/10/1940The Australian 7th Division sets sail for the Middle East.
28/10/1940Cameron is replaced by Fadden as leader of the Australian Country Party.
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