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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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===Operations against Japan===
[[Image:Blamey Japanese surrender.jpg|thumb|General Thomas Blamey signing the Japanese instrument of surrender on behalf of Australia
 on 2 September 1945]]

Australia played a minor role in the [[Japan campaign]] in the last months of the war and was planning its participation in the [[Operation Downfall|invasion of Japan]] when the war ended. Several Australian warships operated with the [[British Pacific Fleet]] (BPF) during the [[Battle of Okinawa]] and Australian destroyers later escorted British aircraft carriers and battleships during attacks on targets in the [[Japanese Archipelago|Japanese home islands]].<ref>Gill (1968). Pages 603-607, 611-61(contracted; show full)
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