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  2. Battle of Brisbane - Wikipedia

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    From 1942 until 1945 during the Pacific War, up to one million U.S. military personnel, which included around 100,000 African-Americans, were stationed at various locations throughout eastern Australia. These forces included personnel awaiting deployment to combat operations elsewhere in the Pacific, troops resting, convalescing, and/or ...

  3. Brisbane Line - Wikipedia

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    The 'Brisbane line' is shown as a short black line to the north of Brisbane. The "Brisbane Line" was a defence proposal supposedly formulated during World War II to concede the northern portion of the Australian continent in the event of an invasion by the Japanese .

  4. Albert Park (South) Air Raid Shelter - Wikipedia

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    The Brisbane City Council built the concrete shelter at the southern end of Albert Park as an air raid shelter in 1942. [1]On 7 December 1941, the United States of America entered World War II following the bombing of the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by Japanese carrier-borne aircraft.

  5. US Naval Base Australia - Wikipedia

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    USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) moored at Brisbane, Australia, 10 February 1944. U.S. Naval Base Australia comprised several United States Navy bases in Australia during World War II. Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, being a self-governing nation within the British Empire.

  6. Naval Base Brisbane - Wikipedia

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    Naval Base Brisbane was a major United States Navy base built in the early part of World War II at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. At first, operated as a base for patrol aircraft and convoy escort aircraft to protect the last leg of the Pacific War to the Southwest Pacific .

  7. Category:World War II sites in Australia - Wikipedia

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    World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Australia (11 P) Pages in category "World War II sites in Australia" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.

  8. Woolloongabba Air Raid Shelter - Wikipedia

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    The Brisbane City Council built the concrete shelter at Buranda Playground, Woolloongabba as an air raid shelter in 1942. [1]On 7 December 1941, the United States of America entered World War II following the bombing of the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by Japanese carrier-borne aircraft.

  9. Australia in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany. Australia later entered into a state of war with other members of the Axis powers , including the Kingdom of Italy on 11 June 1940, [ 1 ] and the Empire of Japan on 9 December 1941. [ 2 ]