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WW1
Austrailans were called over to help the British fight the Germans in the first world war. -
Armistice Signing
The Armistice Signing a formal agreement that the war and the fighting would end and World War 1 was over -
The Great Depression
The Stock market crashes making the whole world go into unemployment. Prices dropped and construction was severly halted. -
The Fall Of Singapore
The fall of Singapore to the Japanese Army on February 15th 1942 is considered one of the greatest defeats in the history of the British Army and probably Britain’s worst defeat in World War Two. -
Bombing of Darwin
On this day, 242 Japanese aircraft attacked ships in Darwin's harbour and the town's two airfields in an attempt to prevent the Allies from using them as bases to contest the invasions of Timor and Java. -
Battle of Kokoda
The campaign consisted of a series of battles fought between July and November 1942 between Japanese and Allied (primarily Australian forces) in what was then the Australian territory of Papua. -
Vietnam War
Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955[A 1] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War (1946-54) and was fought between North Vietnam—supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies—and the government of South Vietnam—supported by the United States and other anti-communist allies -
Attack on Twin Towers
The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th, or 9/11)[nb 1] were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed almost 3,000 people and caused at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage.[2] -
War In Afghanistan
The War involved Australian sending troops over to Afghanistan to fight in a war. The war lasted 12 years and is still continuing just without the addition of Australian troops
