Emperor Hirohito inspecting his troops.
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04/01/1940 The 16th Australian Brigade marches through the streets of Sydney.
 
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11/03/1940 A coal strike in New South Wales begins.
 
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11/05/1940 Allied troops land in Dutch West Indies.
27/05/1940 Japanese Premier Admiral Yonai forms ‘Inner Cabinet’ with ministers for Foreign Affairs, War and the Navy.
 
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11/06/1940 Australia and New Zealand declare war on Italy.
13/06/1940 The German raider Orion lays mines off Auckland, New Zealand.
15/06/1940 The Communist Party of Australia is declared as illegal.
 
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16/07/1940 Japanese Cabinet resigns under army pressure.
18/07/1940 Prince Konoye forms new Japanese Cabinet with Army and Navy nominees.
27/07/1940 Japan announces its plans for the creation of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
 
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13/08/1940 An air crash in Canberra kills three UAP ministers and Chief of the Australian General Staff.
28/08/1940 Alter the ‘voluntary dissolution of all political parties’, President Konoye of Japan announces structure to ‘unite the total energies of the state and people.’
 
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27/09/1940 Japan signs the tripartite pact with Germany and Italy, hoping to deter the USA from interfering in its affairs. However, this step had the opposite affect as the USA now saw Japan as siding with the aggressors.
 
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01/10/1940 Petrol rationing is introduced in Australia.
19/10/1940 The Australian 7th Division sets sail for the Middle East.
28/10/1940 Cameron is replaced by Fadden as leader of the Australian Country Party.
 
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