Joseph Benedict "Ben" Chifley (/?t??fli/; 1885–1951) was an Australian politician who was the 16th Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949. He became Leader of the Labor Party on the death o ...
The Borneo Campaign of 1945 was the last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II. In a series of amphibious assaults between 1 May and 21 July, the Australian I Corps, ...
During the Korean War the U.S. X Corps, consisting of the 1st Marine Division and 7th Infantry Division landed at Inchon. Conceived of and commanded by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur, this landing is ...
In the run up to WWII, many specialized landing craft, both for infantry and vehicles, were developed. In November 1938, the Inter-Service Training and Development Centre proposed a new type of landin ...
An amphibious operation is both similar and different in many ways to both land, naval and air operations. At its basic such operations include phases of strategic planning and preparation, operationa ...
In 1942 and 1943, Australian and British POWs who had been captured at the Battle of Singapore in February 1942 were shipped to North Borneo to construct a military airstrip and prisoner-of-war camps ...
A railway route between Thailand and Burma had been surveyed by the British government of Burma at the beginning of the 20th century, but the proposed course of the line – through hilly jungle terrai ...
In 1995, it was announced that the shipwreck of Centaur had been located in waters 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) from the lighthouse on Moreton Island, a significant distance from her believed last ...
In early 1923, the Ocean Steamship Company (a subsidiary of Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel Line) decided that a new vessel would be required to replace the ageing Charon on the Western Australia to Singapo ...
By 29 November, the Supreme Allied Commander in the South West Pacific, General Douglas MacArthur, had become frustrated at what he saw as poor performance by the 32nd Division, especially its commiss ...
Main articles: Invasion of Buna-Gona, Kokoda Track Campaign and Battle of Milne BayAfter the failure of the Japanese in the Battle of the Coral Sea to take Port Moresby by sea, they had landed on the ...
Main article: Western Desert CampaignOn 10 May 1940, the Wehrmacht had started the Westfeldzug. One month later, it was plain to see that France would have to surrender within two weeks (it was euphem ...
The 9th Division was the fourth AIF division raised, being formed in the United Kingdom in late 1940. Initially it consisted of only two infantry brigades which had been formed in Australia and dispat ...
Korea was a Japanese protectorate and dependency formally established by the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910.The South Pacific Mandate were territories granted to Japan in 1919 in the peace agreements of ...
The term "axis" is believed to have been first coined by Hungary's fascist prime minister Gyula G?mb?s, who advocated an alliance of Nazi Germany, Hungary, and Italy. He worked as an intermediary be ...
