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How Did The Pacific War Affect Australia

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Commencing in the terminating stages of 1941 was the Pacific war. A war which can now be considered not solely a pivotal moment for many nations in the world but also one of high significance for Australia too. Due to the traumatic occurrences throughout the Pacific War Australia was ultimately transformed into a nation which possessed equally more strength and confidence all of which blossomed from victories as well as new allies. However, the Pacific War also birthed and manifested a more immature and racist nation.

Australia's new alliance with the USA fundamentally altered the countries strength and military power as their new allies acquired Nuclear weaponry. After the Fall of Singapore (February 7, 1942), Australia made the decision …show more content…

The events of Kokoda demonstrated how Australia could fight and win extremely challenging conditions, such as those of the Papua New Guinean Jungles. Ultimately those occurrences and victories that took place between the 28th July and 10th of August in 1942 manufactured a new breed of confidence in Australians and the Australian fighters. But how did an event such as Kokoda do such a thing? The environment of Kokoda was as much of an enemy as the Japanese. The mud, jungle, torrential rain (300 + days of the year) and the heat were elements which the Australian's had to face and ones which many did in fact conquer. However, arguably the biggest victory and morale booster occurred when the Australian and American troops followed the retreating Japanese along the track, and fought them and won when they reached their coastal base at Buna-Gona. Beating the Japanese at this juncture in the war provided the Australians with short-term confidence which they so greatly needed. Not only was the Battle of Kokoda a source of short-term confidence but it has also continued to be one since. Kokoda and the Japanese fighters taught the Australian troops about guerrilla warfare, enabling them to understand and use the military tactic when required, such as in the Vietnam War (1 Nov. 1955 – 30 Apr. 1975). Acquiring such knowledge of not only the workings of …show more content…

Fascism during the time of the second world war was a massive trend (1 Sep. 1939 – 2 Sep. 1945) which was influencing numerous nations across the globe, including Australia to an extent. The likes of Germany, Italy, as well as Japan, were all supporters of the terrifying principles, philosophies, and methods of fascism. Pseudoscience and the likes were used to back up their attacks and beliefs that some humans are better than others. The effect which fascism had on the Japanese was significant. The Japanese found inspiration in from the past in the Bushido which believed in the restoration of 'racial and spiritual purity' which had been lost. This was the mindset in which the Japanese possessed when they were attacking the Chinese during the Rape of Nanking (December 13, 1937 – January 1938) and also when they were fighting against as well as attacking the Australians. Although Australia was not a fascist nor ultra-nationalistic nation like Japan, they were racist. Australian's viewed the Japanese as the 'yellow peril’ and in conjunction with the fears of invasion fuelled Australians to feel more and hate a fear towards them. So, when events such as the fall of Singapore, the bombing of Darwin (19 February 1942) and the subsequent other bombings occurred the negative feelings towards the Japanese in particular increased

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The Battle of Kokoda was a Japanese attempt to isolate Australia from their allies of the US so that they could not use their resources and weaponry. Kokoda was a direct result of other failed attempts by the Japanese for example, the Battle of Coral Sea. Kokoda gave the Australian military the opportunity to fight a forward defensive battle on foreign soil rather than an attempt to repel an enemy from its sovereign soil, within its victory it assisted in improving the moral of both the soldiers and its citizenry by providing a much needed victory that showed the Japanese could be defeated. Additionally, it was the first occasion where the new alliance between the Australian and American forces was tested and with this the alliance was cemented not only for world war to but continuing to present

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The nature of warfare of the Kokoda Campaign impacted the Australian troops on the track. The Kokoda track climbs from the hills north of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. The conditions of the Kokoda track highly affected the troops techniques to succeed during the war, as the fighting conditions were unlike anything that the Australian troops had ever experienced. In addition to this Australian service men had never been issued into the jungle before. Therefore making the Australian soldiers strangers to the jungle.

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Many bombs were dropped by the Japanese with many hitting the Kokoda track not only killing the Australian soldiers but also some of their own. In the Kokoda track the conditions were almost cruel and undesirably hard to deal with. Supplies were small and diseases such as malaria hit the men’s ability to fight. The Australians called the battle, the battle of a lifetime. The fighting on the Kokoda track was an infantryman’s war in the close jungle where the emeries was often not seen by only a few meters’ away from each other.

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The Kokoda Campaign was a series of events fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers. It was one of the most difficult, yet important campaigns for Australian soldiers. The campaign had a high-level impact on the physical and mental health of soldiers who fought in it. This essay will convey key information from sources that explore different aspects of the Kokoda Campaign.

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All though both campaigns were vital to the victory of World War 2, I believe that the Kokoda campaign was the most significant to the history of Australia. Not only was the defense of the Kokoda trail vital to the success of the war, it was vital to the safety of Australia. If the Japanese succeeded in their advances, friendly military bases located in the Northern territory were at extreme risk of being targeted by air assaults. The victory in defending the Kokoda trail ultimately led to Australia being more secure, it also led to a successful counter-offensive against the Japanese that would not have been possible with the military bases in the Northern Territory at risk of being bombed. This campaign also highlights the fact that Australia

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Eventually, our brave Aussie heroes met their enemy on the foothills of the Kokoda Track and started a great battle in which they fought in the worst possible conditions. The foothills of the Kokoda Track have a terrain thick in forestation and due to the constant raining, the soldiers sometimes fought in knee high mud which

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In the end, the fourth division held off the Germans, meaning Australia was successful in capturing Pozières. Gaining the ground around Pozières was vital because it was the high ground. This gave the Allied force an advantage in future battles. The many battles Australia fought on the Western Front proves they deserve to be commemorated as much, if not more, than the Gallipoli

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This was so important for the Pacific war as it marked the first time that the Japanese had been stopped in their advance across the pacific and stopped the Japanese from capturing Port Moresby. If the Japanese were able to successfully capture Port Moresby, then it would have put Australia at risk as the Japanese could have then invaded or attacked Australia. The Kokoda campaign is also significant for its use of military tactics that As significant as the Kokoda campaign was for the Pacific War, there was also many other campaigns and battles that were also extremely significant such as the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Siege of Tobruk, the Battle of Milne Bay, the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, and the Battle of Guadalcanal all of which were only a few of the many important battles that helped the success and safety of Australia and were vital to the allies attempt to overtake the axis powers. While, these battles the Australians were involved with were extremely helpful and vital to the Australians success in the war but the Kokoda campaign was significant in its own way for its use of military tactics such as jungle warfare and fire and movement where one of the group makes their way toward the enemy while another fires, to keep the enemy distracted and it saved Australia from being

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To what extent was the Battle for Kokoda a Disaster? To a small extent the Battle of Kokoda was a disaster. While there were some disastrous aspects of the campaign, the overall success of the campaign shows that it was not a disaster, but a victory. During the first part of the campaign, admittedly, the Australians made some mistakes, but some mistakes don’t equal a disaster, especially once the odds turned in their favour in the second part of their campaign.

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There are two sides to every story to many Australians Kokoda was recognized as the efforts of the Australian soldiers being critical to the defense of Australia against the threat of the Imprial Japanese Army. Such famous historic figures such as paul Keating and John Howard retelling the Kokoda story with the exaggeration of the Anzac’s defending Asutralia. But to some Australian’s such as the former senior historian at the Australia war memorial, DR Peter Stanley, has stated that the Japanese were not planning to make themselves masters of Australia in 1942 and that any Japanese threat to Australia in 1942 was greatly exaggerated by wartime prime minister John Curtin for his own political ends. I t is also known that Hideki Tojo the prime minster of Japan in 1942 stated, as being unfeasible to invade given Australia 's geography and the strength of the Allied defenses. Invading Australia was never an option for the Japanese Imperial Army.

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However, even with this in mind, the battle was a significant one, for both good and bad reasons, and this cannot be denied. Through the sheer number of soldiers lost, all the way to the depiction of the Australian spirit in preserving the memories of these men, it is clear that the battle served a purpose, in the

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