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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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===Prelude===
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Due to the emphasis placed on cooperation with Britain, relatively few Australian military units were retained in Australia and the [[Asia-Pacific]] Region. Measures were taken to improve Australia's defences as [[Pacific War|war with Japan]] loomed in 1941, but these proved inadequate. In December 1941 the Australian Army in the 
pPacific comprised the 8th Division, most of which was stationed in Malaya, and eight partially trained and equipped divisions in Australia, including the [[1st Armoured Division (Australia)|1st Armoured Division]]. The RAAF was equipped with 373 aircraft, most of these were obsolete trainers, and the RAN had three cruisers and two destroyers in Australian waters.<ref>Horner (1993). Pages 2-3.</ref>

===Malaya and Singapore===
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* {{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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