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There was considerable Axis naval activity in Australian waters during the Second World War, despite Australia being remote from the main battlefronts. German and Japanese warships and submarines entered Australian waters between 1940 and 1945 and attacked ships, ports and other targets.
This is a list of Allied ships sunk by Axis warships operating in Australian waters during the Second World War. Fifty four Axis surface raiders and submarines (both German and Japanese) carried out these attacks, sinking 53 merchant ships and three warships within the Australia Station , resulting in the deaths of over 1,751 Allied military ...
Brazil's foreign policy progressed through three different phases. Brazil used their relative freedom during the first phase (1935–1940) to play Germany and the United States against one another. As the conflict progressed, Brazil's trade with the Axis powers led to increased diplomatic and economic pressure from the Allies.
It was the only Brazilian military ship to be sunk by enemy forces during World War II, the navy said in a news release. About 100 of the ship's crew of approximately 270 were killed.
Down under and backwards in time. The HMAS Sydney and the Nazi Vessel Kormoran. World War II combatants, now remnants of military and human history. Enemy cruisers engaged in battle with one ...
Naval jack of Brazil. This is a list of active Brazilian Navy ships. The Navy has approximately 63 ships in commission, including 8 major surface combatants, 4 submarines, 1 helicopter carrier, 2 amphibious warfare vessels and 23 auxiliary ships. This list presents only the major combatant and auxiliary vessels in active service and in ...
Jakarta to Fremantle, Western Australia: SR Kolkata to Yangon: 1941 1942 SU Suez Canal to Australia 1940 1941 SW Suez Canal to Kilindini Harbour or Durban: 1940 1941 US Australia to Suez Canal: WO India to Australia troopships WS British Isles to Suez Canal and Mumbai: troopships; WS convoys on at least one occasion [WS30, 1943] routed via ...
On June 1, 1917, with Brazil's entry into the First World War against Germany, the ship was confiscated by the Brazilian government in the port of Santos, where she had been held since September 1915. [1] She was renamed Dresden and then Cabedelo, being now operated by Lloyd Brasileiro and registered in the port of Rio de Janeiro under the ...