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Action between HMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran, 19 November 1941
Battle
On the afternoon of 19 November 1941 the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (Commander Theodor Detmers) was steaming on a northeasterly course off the coast of Western Australia, approximately 150 mile...E84305
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Adriatic operations
Operation
The Adriatic Sea, separating Italy and Austria-Hungary, was the site of a prolonged and indecisive naval campaign between the two nations during the First World War. It was a campaign characterised b...E84742
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Aitape-Wewak Campaign
Campaign
The Australian portion of the Aitape-Wewak campaign took place in northern New Guinea between November 1944 and August 1945. Aitape had been occupied by the Japanese in 1942. Recaptured by an American...E84658
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Amiens Raid
Raid
Codenamed Operation Jericho, the air raid on the Amiens prison on 18 February 1944 was mounted to free French resistance fighters prior to the invasion of Normandy. The raid was planned and executed b...E84823
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ANZAC (beachhead)
Invasion
This acronym formed from the first letters of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps also evolved as a location or place name in its own right. As a shortened version of ANZAC Cove, the name define...E84715
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Armistice of 11 November 1918
Agreement
The Armistice of Compiègne was the armistice between the Allies and Germany that ended the fighting on the Western Front in the First World War. The armistice went into effect at 11 a.m. Paris time on...E84281
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Article XV Squadrons
Agreement
Article XV of the Riverdale Agreement that implemented the Empire Training Scheme (EATS) on 17 December 1939 made provision for the formation of distinct dominion squadrons within the Royal Air Force'...E84282
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Attack at Anvil Wood
Attack
Anvil Wood was a small wood to the north of Peronne that marked the centreline of an attack by the 14th Brigade on the morning of 1 September 1918. The northern approaches to Peronne were covered by n...E84285
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Attack at Chipilly
Attack
On the 9th August, British troops were to attack Chipilly, near the Somme, at 5:50 pm Brigadier General Mackay of the 1st Brigade requested that an Australian patrol from the 1st Battalion be sent acr...E84286
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Attack on Beersheba
Attack
Beersheba, a heavily fortified town 43 km from the Turkish bastion of Gaza, was the scene of an historic charge by the 4th Light Horse Brigade on 31 October 1917. Beersheba anchored the right end of a...E84287
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Attack on Hill 971
Attack
Hill 971 (or Koja Chemen Tepe), the highest point of the Sari Bair Ridge, Gallipoli, was the objective of the 4th Infantry Brigade as part of the main break-out operations, from ANZAC in early August ...E84289
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Attack on Hill 60
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The fighting for Hill 60 (a low rise in the foothills on the north-western end of ANZAC) together with supporting offensive against the W Hills represented the last major Allied offensive operation on...E84288
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Attack on Noreuil
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In late February of 1917, the German Army in northern France retreated to the Hindenburg Line in order to shorten its line and thereby establish a more defensible position. British and dominion troops...E84290
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Attacks on Dernancourt
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Dernancourt, a village on the River Ancre in France, was the scene of much desperate fighting during the German offensive of March and April 1918. The 12th and 13th Brigades first occupied positions a...E84291
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August Offensive
Offensive
The August Offensive was the last major attempt made by the Allied forces at Gallipoli to break the stalemate that had persisted since the landings on 25 April 1915. The plan involved a series of thru...E84736
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Balibo Five
Event
The five Australia-based newsmen died during the invasion of the border town of Balibo by the Indonesian army, but the details of precisely how or why they died are still not publicly known. Balibo wa...E84706
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Battle for Mouquet Farm
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Following the capture of Pozières and the German lines at the windmill east of the village in late July and early August 1916, the three Australian divisions of I Anzac Corps attacked northwards along...E84306