<prompt> Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Mapoka mashanu akaunganidzwa sechikamu chevakazvipira vese Second Australian Imperial Force 2nd AIF, uye izvi zvakaumba chikamu chikuru cheAustralia chakashandiswa pasi pasi muhondo. Pakati peizvi, zvikamu zvina zvevarwi yechitanhatu, yechinomwe, yechisere, uye yechipfumbamwe ndiyo chete 2nd AIF zvikamu zvakaumbwa zvizere uye kuona basa rinoshanda. Yechitanhatu yakatanga kuita chiito, ichirwa hondo yayo yokutanga paBardia  <response>: muna Ndira 1941, uye yakazobatana kuMiddle East ne7th uye 9th Divisions, avo vakarwa mumakwikwi akati wandei muNorth Africa, Greece, Syria neLebanon. Kunyange zvazvo 8th Division yakaparadzwa zvikuru mukutanga kwa1942 panguva yekurwisana nemaJapan muMalaya uye yakabva yatapwa muSingapore, uye muzvitsuwa kuchamhembe kweAustralia, mamwe mapoka matatu ehondo akarwa muhondo yose, pakupedzisira achidzoka kubva kuMiddle East uye achirwisana nemaJapan muPacific munguva yeNew Guinea neBorneo Campaigns. Pakutanga, yakanga yakarongwa kutumira 1st Armoured Division yakashongedzerwa nematangi kuMiddle East zvakare, asi kunetsekana nekupinda kweJapan kwaireva kuti vakachengetwa muAustralia kuti vadzivirire nyika. Zvikamu zvechikamu zvakazopedzisira zvaona chiito muPacific kurwisa maJapan, asi chete mushure mekuendeswa kubva muchikamu kuenda kune mamwe maumbirwo akadai se4th Armoured Brigade. Pakupera kwehondo yakarongwa kuumba rimwe divi remauto mukati me2nd AIF semupiro weAustralia pakupinda kweJapan kwakarongwa. Uku kuumbwa kwaifanirwa kunzi 10th Division iyo yakambovapo kwenguva pfupi seMilitia kuumbwa muna 1942 uye yaifanirwa kuumbwa ichishandisa vazvipiri kubva kumatatu akasara 2nd AIF infantry zvikamu, izvo zvingadai zvakaputsika, asi hondo yakapera chikamu chisati chadzorerwa. 