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[[Image:Work fight or perish (RC02370).jpg|thumb|An Australian Government leaflet bearing the likeness and signature of Prime Minister [[John Curtin]], telling Australians that they must make sacrifices for the war effort.]]
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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/raaf/fighter.html |title=Air war Europe 1939-1945: Fighter Command |accessdate=2007-12-22 |format= |work=Australia's War 1939—1945 }}</ref>

The RAAF and RAN took part in the [[Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)|Battle of the Atlantic]]. [[No. 10 Squadron RAAF|No. 10 Squadron]], based in Britain at the outbreak of war to take delivery of its [[Short Sunderland]] flying boats, remained there throughout the conflict. It was joined by [[No. 461 Squadron RAAF|No. 461 Squadron]] in April 1942, also equipped with Sunderlands. Both squadrons escorted Allied convoys and sank a number of [[U-boat]]s. Several of the RAN's cruisers escorted shipping(contracted; show full)ustralians were posted to British units in Burma and India. These included 45 men from the 8th Division who volunteered to train Chinese guerrillas with the British Mission 204 in southern China. Thousands of Australians also served with RAF units in India and Burma, though no RAAF units were deployed to this theatre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/farflung/index.html |title=Far Flung Australians |accessdate=2007-12-02 |format= |work=Australia's War 1939—1945 }}</ref>


In addition to operational deployments, thousands of Australian airmen were trained overseas under the [[Empire Air Training Scheme]]. More than 10,000 were trained in [[Canada]] and 674 in [[Rhodesia]]. While many of these these men were posted to Australian [[Article XV squadron]]s, the majority served within British and other Dominion squadrons.<ref>Clark (2003)</ref>⏎
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==Australian intelligence and special forces==
[[Image:21henryst44.jpg|thumb|Central Bureau's headquarters building at Ascot in Brisbane]]
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==References==

* {{cite book |last=Adam-Smith |first=Patsy |authorlink=Patsy Adam-Smith |title=Australian Women at War |year=1984 |publisher=Thomas Nelson Australia |location=Melbourne |isbn=0170064085 }}
* {{cite book |last=Brune |first=Peter |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A Bastard of a Place. The Australians in Papua |year=2003 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |location=Sydney |isbn=1741140110 }}

* {{cite conference |first=Chris |last=Clark |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Empire Air Training Scheme | conference =Australian War Memorial 2003 History Conference - Air War Europe |booktitle=Conference website |pages= |publisher=Australian War Memorial |date=2003 |location=Canberra |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/events/conference/2003/clark.asp |accessdate=2007-12-22 |id= }}⏎
* {{cite book |last=Coates |first=John |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=An Atlas of Australia's Wars |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Melbourne |isbn=0195559142 }}
* {{cite book |last=Coulthard-Clark |first=Chris |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles |year=2001 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=Sydney |isbn= }}
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* [http://www.raaf.gov.au/history/airforce_history/WW2.htm RAAF in World War II - RAAF website]
* {{cite web |url=http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/index.html |title=Australia's War 1939—1945 |accessdate= |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia)|Department of Veterans' Affairs]] }}

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