Australian Forces in the Mediterranean Theater of World War Two

Australian military forces played a key supporting role in many Allied campaigns in the Mediterranean Theater of World War Two, broadly defined to include those in North Africa, Southern Europe, and the Middle East. This video provides a brief overview of many of these campaigns between 1940 and 1942, along with highlighting the involvement in and key actions of Australian Navy and Army forces during them.
00:00 Australian Navy in the Mediterranean Theater
02:54 Operation Compass
04:06 Siege of Tobruk
04:45 Operations in Greece and Crete
05:41 Syria-Lebanon Campaign
06:48 Operation Crusader
07:16 1942 Axis Victories
08:28 First Battle of El Alamein
09:17 Interlude between First and Second Battles
09:57 Second Battle of El Alamein
11:00 End of Australian Involvement in Mediterranean
Sources:
“Current Comment.” The Kapunda Herald, November 27, 1941. Trove, National Library of Australia
Dennis, Peter. The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History. 2nd ed.
Long, Gavin. The Six Years War: A Concise History of Australia in the 1939-45 War.
Gill, G. Hermon. Royal Australian Navy, 1939-1942. Series 2 (Navy), Vol. 1.
Maughan, Barton. Tobruk and El Alamein. Series 1 (Army), Vol. 3.
Lyons, Michael. World War II: A Short History. 5th ed.
Wheal, Elizabeth; Pope, Stephen; Taylor, James. A Dictionary of the Second World War.

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