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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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Two RAAF squadrons, [[No. 451 Squadron RAAF|No. 451 Squadron]] ([[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfires]]) and [[No. 458 Squadron RAAF|No. 458 Squadron]] ([[Vickers Wellington|Wellingtons)]] supported [[Operation Dragoon|the Allied invasion of southern France in August 1944]]. Four Australian squadrons supported operations in the eastern Mediterranean.<ref>Long, (1973), Pages 374-384</ref>

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