Australia and World War II: Europe, the Pacific and the Home Front

Australia and World War II. The background and outbreak, including the rise of Fascism and Australia's response; relations with Britain (the 'Singapore strategy') and the growing fear of Japan; the nature and scope of Australia's war effort in Europe, Asia and the Pacific; the wartime leadership of Menzies and Curtin; the alliance with the United States; austerity and total war on the home front; the Fall of Singapore and Curtin's appeal to America; the formation of the Liberal Party in 1944; and Australia's role in the United Nations.