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Spanish East Indies
1565 - 1898 333
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Roman Catholicism
Colony
Philippines |
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Spanish East Indies
1565 - 1898 333
@ Cebu (1565 - 1571), Manila
(1571 - 1898 327)
Spanish
Roman Catholicism
Colony
Philippines |
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Spanish East Indies
1565 - 1898 333
@ Cebu (1565 - 1571), Manila
(1571 - 1898 327)
Spanish
Roman Catholicism
Colony
Philippines |
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Spanish East Indies
1565 - 1898 333
@ Cebu (1565 - 1571), Manila
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Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands
1947 - 94 47
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Federated States of Micronesia
1986 - Present 25
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English & native languages
Federated Presidential Democratic Republic
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1979 Gilbert Islands becomes Independent |
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Territory of Papua
1884 - 1949 65
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Territory of Papua
1884 - 1949 65
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1975 Papua New Guinea gains Independence |
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| 1941 Battle of the Coral Sea. Coral Sea, bet Australia, New Guinea, & Solomons USA, Australia 2AC 1Sc 1D 128 69 9C 13D 1 2Ta 1 1ST 28 3 #656X VS Japan 2AC 127 92 1D 1LC 1 9C 15D 1 1D 5MS 2ML 2SuC 3G 1Ta 1ST 12T 1D 3SW 2SWD 55 5 #966X * Japanese Invasion repelled |
| 1942 Battle for Guadalcanal. Solomon USA 1AC 362B 2HC 3LC 2 12D 7 1.7 VS Japan 2B 2 6HC 4LC 16D 3 11T 11 64 1.9 |
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1987 Fiji leaves Commonwealth |
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Aliʻi Aimoku Kingdom of the
Big Island
1125 - 1754 629
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Aliʻi Nui Kingdom of Hilo
1550 - 1819 269 |
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Mōʻī Kimgdom of Maui
1040 1795 755
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Aliʻi Aimoku of Oʻahu
1100 - 1795 695
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Aliʻi Aimoku Kingdom of the
Big Island
1125 - 1754 629
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Aliʻi Nui Kingdom of Hilo
1550 - 1819 269 |
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Mōʻī Kimgdom of Maui
1040 - 1795 755
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Aliʻi Aimoku of Oʻahu
1100 - 1795 695
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Aliʻi Aimoku Kingdom of the
Big Island
1125 - 1754 629
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Aliʻi Nui Kingdom of Hilo
1550 - 1819 269 |
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Aliʻi Nui of Kaʻū 1754 - 91 37 |
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Aliʻi Nui Kingdom of Kona
1754 - 82 28 |
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Aliʻi Nui Kingdom of Kohala
1754 - 1819 65 |
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Mōʻī Kimgdom of Maui
1040 - 1795 755
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Aliʻi Aimoku Kingdom of Oʻahu
1100 - 1795 695
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1898 Hawaii annexed
Hawaiians 1970 |
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1722 Dutch reach Samoan Islands and Easter Island |
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1929 Uprising of Mau in Samoa |
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| 1845 Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Tāufaʻāhau (King George Tupou I) |
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| 1941 Battle of the Coral Sea. Coral Sea, bet Australia, New Guinea, & Solomons USA, Australia 2AC 1Sc 1D 128 69 9C 13D 1 2Ta 1 1ST 28 3 #656X VS Japan 2AC 127 92 1D 1LC 1 9C 15D 1 1D 5MS 2ML 2SuC 3G 1Ta 1ST 12T 1D 3SW 2SWD 55 5 #966X * Japanese Invasion repelled |
| 1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Papua New Guinea USA, Australia 39HBo 41MBo 34LBo 2Bo, 10To 54Fi 4 #13X VS Japan 8D 5 8T 8 100 20Fi 2.9+X |
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| 1606 Dutch discovered Australia. |
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1768 - 71 Cooks voyage to Australia and NZ |
1793 First free settlers arrive in Australia
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1770 Cook discovers Australia
Captain James Cook 1987 |
1788 First convict ships arrive at Botany Bay
Against the Wind 1978 TV miniseries |
| 1788 - 1930s 142 Australian frontier wars |
| 1769 - 70 1 James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia |
| 1770 James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain. |
| 1778 James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands. |
| 1775 John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772 5 3) |
| 1795 Kamehameha 1 of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nuuanu. |
| 1768 - 79 11 James Cook mapped the boundaries of the Pacific Ocean and discovered many Pacific Islands |
| 1788 First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney. |
| 1799 The assassination of the 14th Tui Kanokupolu, Tukuʻaho, plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war. |
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| 1804 Castle Hill convict rebellion New South Wales Convicts |
1829 Western Australia founded
1834 Tolpuddle martyrs transported to Australia |
| Ned Kelly, Australian folk hero, and outlaw |
| Elizabeth Kenny, Australian Nurse and found an Innovative Treatment of Polio |
| F R Spofforth, Australian cricketer |
| 1861 - 1901 40 Peter Jackson, Australian heavyweight boxer |
| 1851 - 60s 10s Victorian gold rush in Australia |
| 1815 66 51 John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer |
| 1817 Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle |
| 1837 St Andrews Facade Cathedral |
| 1837 St Patricks Cathedral Parramatta |
| 1865 St Marys Cathedral Perth |
| 1874 Goulburn St Saviours Cathedral |
| 1874 St Davids Cathedral in Hobart |
| 1880 91 11 St Pauls Cathedral Melbourne |
| 1882 St Marys Cathedral Hyde Park |
| 1888 St Georges Cathedral Perth |
| 1897 St Patricks Cathedral |
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1901 Bendigo Cathedral
1901 Federated Commonwealth of Australia formed
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1908 Universal adult suffrage in Australia
RabbitProof Fence 2002 |
| 1916 Battle of Magdhaba. Egypt British Empire UK, Australia, New Zealand 6 #22X #124WVS Ottomans 2 #300+X #300W 1.2C |
| 1917 Battle of Rafa. Palestine UK, Australia, New Zealand #71X #415W VS Ottomans 2 #200X #168W 1.4C |
| 1917 Battle of Jerusalem. Israel UK, Australia, India, New Zealand 18 VS Ottomans, Germans 25 |
| 1917 Battle of Beersheba. Palestine British Empire GB, Australia, New Zealand 4Div 40 1.2 VS Ottomans, Germany 3Reg 4.4 #500X 1.4C |
| 1917 Battle of Mughar Ridge. Palestine British Empire GB, Australia, New Zealand 2Cor 1.2 VS Ottomans, Germany 10C 100G 80Kilo
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| 1918 Battle of Megiddo. Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria British Empire, UK, British India, Australia, New Zealand, Union of South Africa, France, Hejaz 57 12 540G VS Ottomans, Germany 32 3C 402G 29XWC |
| 1918 Battle of Baku. Azerbaijan Ottomans 14 #500C 30G, Azerbaijan 2 VS Baku Commune 6 40G, UK 1 1AB 1MGS 3ArC 2 #200, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Armenia, Centrocaspian Dictatorship, White Russians |
| 1918 2nd Battle of the Somme. France UK, (+Australia, Canada), USA 5.6 VS Germany + #600+C |
| 1918 2nd Battle of the Lys. Belgium UK, (+Australia, Newfoundland), Portugal, Belgium, France, USA ? 120 VS Germany 800 120 |
1918 Battle of St. Quentin Canal.
* Part of Battle of St. Mihiel. France UK, Australia 2Div, USA 14Div VS Germany 13Div |
| 1918 Battle of Romani. Egypt UK, Australia, New Zealand 14 1.1VS Ottomans, Germany, AustriaHungary 16 9.2 w/ 4C |
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1923 St. Francis Xaviers Cathedral, Adelaide |
1933 Australian Antarctic Territory established |
1928 Flying Doctor service in Australia |
| 1940 Battle of Dakar. Senegal German France 1B 1D 2C 4D 1 3Su 2 1Fre F VS UK, Australia, Free French 2B 2D 1AC 6To 5C 2D 10D |
| 1940 1 1 Operation Compass. Egypt, Libya UK, India, Australia, Free France 36 500X 55M 1.4W 275T 120A 142 15 VS Italy 150 3X 115C 600T 400 1.6A 1.3 331 1.2 |
| 1940 2 2 Siege of Malta. Malta UK, Malta, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia Supply: Free French, Greece, Poland, Norway, USA 30BuD 40Su 2AC 4C 19D 716F 369 64Gr 2.3ACXW 1.3CiX VS Italy 175 72%T 16Su, Germany 357 50U 23%M 2 2.3M 17.2X 2.3M
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| 1941 Battle of Greece. Germany 680 1.1X 3.8W #385M 1.2T 700, Italy 565 13.8X 63.1W 25.1M 163T 463, Albania, Bulgaria #400XMC 1.24M VS Greece 430 13.3X 62.7W 1.3M 20T, UK, Australia, New Zealand 62.6 903X 1.3W 14C 100T 2300 512.6 14.2X 63.9W 1.3M 14C 120T 2300 |
| 1941 SyriaLebanon Campaign. Syria, Lebanon Australia, UK, India, Palestine, Transjordan, Free French, Free Czechs 34 4 50+ 27 1L 1+C 6D VS Germany, German France, Syria, Lebanon 45 6.48.9 90T 289 179 2D 3Su |
| 1941 Siege of Tobruk. Libya Australia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, UK, India 27 3.8 VS Germany, Italy 35 74150 |
| 1941 Battle of the Coral Sea. Coral Sea, bet Australia, New Guinea, & Solomons USA, Australia 2AC 1Sc 1D 128 69 9C 13D 1 2Ta 1 1ST 28 3 #656X VS Japan 2AC 127 92 1D 1LC 1 9C 15D 1 1D 5MS 2ML 2SuC 3G 1Ta 1ST 12T 1D 3SW 2SWD 55 5 #966X * Japanese Invasion repelled |
| 1941 Iraq Campaign. Anglo–Iraqi War Iraq UK, Abd alIlah loyalists, Assyrian Levies, India, British Palestine, Transjordan, Australia, New Zealand 1Div 2BriGr 60X 100+ 28 VS Iraq 116 5060Ser Most, Arab irregulars,
Syrian Committee, Germany 219 19,
Italy 12 3 4Div 1.8 500X 14957 +
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| 1941 Operation Brevity. EgyptLibya Border UK, Australia 3Bat 53T 5 6 206+ VS Germany, Italy +Bat 3050T 3 605+ |
| 1941 SyriaLebanon Campaign. Syria, Lebanon Australia, UK, India, Palestine, Transjordan, Free French, Free Czechs 34 4 50+ 27 1L 1+C 6D VS Germany, German France, Syria, Lebanon 45 6.48.9 90T 289 179 2D 3Su |
| 1941 Iran Campaign. AngloSoviet invasion of Iran USSR 3Arm #40X 3, UK 2Div 3Bri #22X #50W 1T, India, Australia #62X #50W 3 1T VS Iran 9Div #800X 200CiX 60 6 (2G 4D) |
| 1941 Battle of Crete. Greece Germany 14PT 15MT 280DB Fi180 500T 80Gl, Italy 2.7 6.7 3.7 370D VS Greece 11.5 1.3TXW, UK 15, Australia 7.1, New Zealand 6.7 40 Inc10NC 23.8 4X 17C |
| 1942 Battle of Madagascar. UK, North Rhodesia, South Africa, Australia 1015 620 107X 280W 1B HD 1Ta VS German Empire Vichy France, Japan 8 150X 500W 1MSu |
| 1942 1st Battle of El Alamein. Egypt UK, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa 150 13.3 179T 1+A 1.5+ VS Germany 10, Italy 90 70T 500 |
| 1942 2nd Battle of El Alamein. Egypt UK India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Free French, Greece 195 13.6 1T 332500 435AC 892908A 1.5ATG 111 73050 530Ser 97VS Germany, Italy 116 30.6 547T 500 192AC 552A 4961ATG 254 770900 480Ser 84 |
| 1942 Battle of Medenine. Tunisia UK, New Zealand, Free French VS Germany, Italy |
| 1942 Operation Pugilist. Tunisia UK India, Free French, New Zealand 51T 952 w/ 7AC VS Germany, Italy |
| 1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Papua New Guinea USA, Australia 39HBo 41MBo 34LBo 2Bo, 10To 54Fi 4 #13X VS Japan 8D 5 8T 8 100 20Fi 2.9+X |
| 1944 Operation Overlord. France USA, UK, Canada, Free French, Poland, Czechloslovakia, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Free Belgians, Greece, Luxembourg 1.5 Then 2M 226Cas 4.1 4T VS Germany 380 then 1M 2.3T&AG 2.2, 210450 2.1 13.619.9CivCas |
1979 Auburn Gallipoli Mosque austrialia
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2009 St Johns Cathedral Brisbane |
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1840 Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand |
1841 - 3 2 St Patricks Cathedral, Auckland
| 1843 Wairau Affray Ngāti Toa Iwi British Settlers New Zealand |
| 1846 Hutt Valley Campaign
part of New Zealand land wars British Empire
British Settlers
Te Āti Awa Iwi Ngāti Toa Iwi |
| 1847 Wanganui Campaign
part of the New Zealand land wars British Empire
British Settlers
Māori Kupapa Māori Iwis |
1851 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington Opened
| 1860 - 1 1 1st Taranaki War
Second Māori War Māori Iwis
Māori King Movement Government of New Zealand
British Settlers |
| 1863 - 6 3 Invasion of Waikato
Third Māori War Government of New Zealand
Māori Kupapa Māori King Movement |
| 1863 - 6 3 Tauranga Campaign
Part of the New Zealand land wars Māori Iwis of Taranaki Government of New Zealand |
1864 - 81 17 Christ Church Cathedral, Christ Church
| 1864 Tauranga Campaign
Part of the New Zealand land wars. New Zealand. Government of New Zealand,
British Settlers vs
Māori Kupapa Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi |
| 1865 - 8 3 East Cape War
Part of the New Zealand land wars Government of New Zealand
British Settlers
Māori Kupapa HauHauist Māori |
| 1868 - 72 4 Te Kootis War
Part of the New Zealand land wars Government of New Zealand
British Settlers
Māori Kupapa Māori Iwis |
1868 - 9 1 Titokowarus War,
Part of the New Zealand land wars. New Zealand. Government of New Zealand, Māori Kupapa vs Ngāti Ruanui Iwi |
| 1845 6 1 Flagstaff War
Northern War
part of the New Zealand land wars Ngāpuhi Iwi British Empire
Forces of Tāmati Wāka Nene |
1875 Fiji islands annexed
New Zealand parliament formed
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1878 - 86 St. Josephs Cathedral, Dunedin |
1893 Womens suffrage in New Zealand |
| 1840 New Zealand is founded, as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Māori and British. |
| 1845 - 72 27 New Zealand Land Wars |
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| 1905 Blessed Sacrament Cathedral Christchurch |
| 1915 - 9 St. Pauls Cathedral, Dunedin |
| 1916 St. Peters Cathedral, Hamilton |
| 1916 Battle of Magdhaba. Egypt British Empire UK, Australia, New Zealand 6 #22X #124WVS Ottomans 2 #300+X #300W 1.2C |
| 1917 Battle of Rafa. Palestine UK, Australia, New Zealand #71X #415W VS Ottomans 2 #200X #168W 1.4C |
| 1917 Battle of Jerusalem. Israel UK, Australia, India, New Zealand 18 VS Ottomans, Germans 25 |
| 1917 Battle of Beersheba. Palestine British Empire GB, Australia, New Zealand 4Div 40 1.2 VS Ottomans, Germany 3Reg 4.4 #500X 1.4C |
| 1917 Battle of Mughar Ridge. Palestine British Empire GB, Australia, New Zealand 2Cor 1.2 VS Ottomans, Germany 10C 100G 80Kilo
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| 1918 Battle of Megiddo. Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria British Empire, UK, British India, Australia, New Zealand, Union of South Africa, France, Hejaz 57 12 540G VS Ottomans, Germany 32 3C 402G 29XWC |
| 1918 Battle of Baku. Azerbaijan Ottomans 14 #500C 30G, Azerbaijan 2 VS Baku Commune 6 40G, UK 1 1AB 1MGS 3ArC 2 #200, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Armenia, Centrocaspian Dictatorship, White Russians |
| 1918 Battle of Romani. Egypt UK, Australia, New Zealand 14 1.1VS Ottomans, Germany, AustriaHungary 16 9.2 w/ 4C |
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1925 - 65 40 Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson |
| 1940 Battle of Cape Matapan. Off Greece UK, Australia 1AC 1To 3B 7LC 4LD 17D #3X VS Italy 1B HD 6HC 3 2LC 17D 2 2.3+X 5 2HD
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1940 2 2 Battles of Fort Capuzzo. Libya UK, New Zealand VS Germany, Italy * Changes hands 4X
| 1940 Capture of Fort Capuzzo. Libya UK, New Zealand 1CReg 1TReg 1Sq VS Germany, Italy |
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| 1940 - 2 2 Siege of Malta. Malta UK, Malta, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia Supply: Free French, Greece, Poland, Norway, USA 30BuD 40Su 2AC 4C 19D 716F 369 64Gr 2.3ACXW 1.3CiX VS Italy 175 72%T 16Su, Germany 357 50U 23%M 2 2.3M 17.2X 2.3M
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| 1941 Battle of Greece. Germany 680 1.1X 3.8W #385M 1.2T 700, Italy 565 13.8X 63.1W 25.1M 163T 463, Albania, Bulgaria #400XMC 1.24M VS Greece 430 13.3X 62.7W 1.3M 20T, UK, Australia, New Zealand 62.6 903X 1.3W 14C 100T 2300 512.6 14.2X 63.9W 1.3M 14C 120T 2300 |
| 1941 Iraq Campaign. Anglo–Iraqi War Iraq UK, Abd alIlah loyalists, Assyrian Levies, India, British Palestine, Transjordan, Australia, New Zealand 1Div 2BriGr 60X 100+ 28 VS Iraq 116 5060Ser Most, Arab irregulars,
Syrian Committee, Germany 219 19,
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| 1941 Operation Stonewall. Off West France UK 2LC 2W, USA 1EC, Free France 4D, Canada 4Co, New Zealand 1C, Czechoslovakia 1B, Ireland 1St, Spain 2D VS Germany 2To 1D 1DD 4BR #154C Last of German control of French ports. |
| 1941 Operation Crusader. Egypt, Libya UK, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Poland, Czechloslovakia 118 17.7 738T 800 724 616Ser 300 VS Germany, Italy 119 38.3 390414T 340 536 342Ser 332 |
| 1941 Battle of Crete. Greece Germany 14PT 15MT 280DB Fi180 500T 80Gl, Italy 2.7 6.7 3.7 370D VS Greece 11.5 1.3TXW, UK 15, Australia 7.1, New Zealand 6.7 40 Inc10NC 23.8 4X 17C |
19412 Albert Park tunnels
| 1942 1st Battle of El Alamein. Egypt UK, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa 150 13.3 179T 1+A 1.5+ VS Germany 10, Italy 90 70T 500 |
| 1942 Battle of Alam el Halfa. Egypt UK, New Zealand 4Div Cor 1.8XWC 68T 67 VS Germany 6TDiv, Italy 2.9XWC 49T 60G 400Tran 36
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| 1942 2nd Battle of El Alamein. Egypt UK India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Free French, Greece 195 13.6 1T 332500 435AC 892908A 1.5ATG 111 73050 530Ser 97VS Germany, Italy 116 30.6 547T 500 192AC 552A 4961ATG 254 770900 480Ser 84 |
| 1942 - 3 Battle of BunaGona. New Guinea Australia, USA 20+ 2.3X 12+W VS Japan 6.5+ 6+X 1.2W #200C |
| 1942 Battle of El Agheila. Libya UK, Poland, New Zealand VS Germany, Italy * Axis retreats to Tunisia |
| 1942 3 1 Tunisia Campaign. Tunisia UK, India, USA, France, New Zealand, Poland, Greece 76 849 VS Germany, Italy 300 1 600+C |
| 1943 Bernhardt Line. Italy UK, USA, New Zealand, Canada, Free French, India, + VS Germany |
| 1943 Moro River Campaign. Italy UK ?, Canada 2.3, India 3.4, New Zealand 1.6 4Div 2ArB VS Germany 1PaDiv 2GrDiv 1TpDiv |
| 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf. Philipines USA, Australia 8AC 8LAC 1 18EC 21.5 200 12B 24C 141D&DE 3 +PT&Su&Au 3 VS Japan 1AC 1 3LAC 3 300+ 500 9B 3 14HC 6LC 10 35+D 11 10.5 |
| 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino. Italy UK, USA, Free French, Poland, Canada, India, New Zealand, Italian Royalists 1.9T 4 55 VS Germany, Italy 20 |
| 1944 Gothic Line. Italy UK, USA, India, Canada, Poland, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil, Italian Resistance, Greece 40 VS Germany, Italy |
| 1944 Battle of Rimini. Italy UK, Canada, Greece, New Zealand 3.4 VS Germany |
| 1944 Operation Overlord. France USA, UK, Canada, Free French, Poland, Czechloslovakia, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Free Belgians, Greece, Luxembourg 1.5 Then 2M 226Cas 4.1 4T VS Germany 380 then 1M 2.3T&AG 2.2, 210450 2.1 13.619.9CivCas |
1945 Spring Offensive in Italy. UK 633, USA 267, Poland, India, Brazil, New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, + 900 16.3 VS Germany, Italy 394 302
Decisive Allied victory German surrender in Italy Execution of Benito Mussolini Italian Social Republic disestablished |
| 1945 Operation Bodenplatte. Belgium, Netherlands, France Canada, New Zealand, Poland, UK 2nd AF, USA 8th&9thAF VS Germany Cor 2Div |
| 1955 - 98 43 Wellington Cathedral of Saint Paul |
| 1991 - 5 Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland |
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Canterbury Mosque New Zealand |
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