Battle for Australia

Battle for Australia
Part of Second World War during the Pacific War
An Australian propaganda poster released in 1942. The poster was criticised for being alarmist when it was released and was banned by the Queensland Government.
Date 19 February 1942 – 2 September 1945 Location Coral Sea, New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australia Result Allied victory End of attacks following the capitulation of Japan
Belligerents
Allied Powers  Australia  New Zealand  Canada  United Kingdom  United States  Norway  Netherlands	Axis Powers Japan Germany
Commanders and leaders
John Curtin Joseph Burnett David V. J. Blake John Crace Gerald Muirhead Godd	Chūichi Nagumo Mitsuo Fuchida Kanji Matsumura Sakonjo Naomasa Sasaki Hankyu Robert Yesen Theodor Detmers

The Battle for Australia is a contested historiographical term used to claim a coordinated link between a series of battles near Australia during the Pacific War of the Second World War alleged to be in preparation for a Japanese invasion of the continent.