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Australia's War 1939-1945 is under progressive development.
More detailed information and new stories relating to campaigns
and themes will be added. Below are links to the latest additions.
Libya and the Siege of Tobruk 1941.
In 1941 Australians
fought in land and air campaigns in Egypt and Libya in North Africa.
This section introduces the Australian action at Tobruk.
This section includes newsreel video, posters, images from a ration book and detailed visual instructions about what to do around the home in the event of an air raid. Sing along with a well-known entertainer of that era Jack Davey as he describes the difficulties of ‘Our Air Raid Shelter’.
