For Australia it meant that the Second World War was finally over. On 14 August 1945 Japan accepted of the Allied demand for unconditional surrender. The surrender was to take effect at midnight on 8–. On the German High Command authorised the signing of an unconditional surrender on all fronts: the war in Europe was over.
The Australian mainland came under direct attack for the first time, as Japanese aircraft bombed towns in north-west Australia and Japanese midget submarines attacked Sydney harbour. They fought in campaigns against Germany and Italy in Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa, as well as against Japan in south-east Asia and other parts of the Pacific. On 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies announced the beginning of Australia's involvement in the Second World War on every national and commercial radio station in Australia.Īlmost a million Australians, both men and women, served in the Second World War.
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