Two battle-hardened Australian divisions were steaming from the Mid-East for Singapore. Churchill wanted them diverted to Burma, but Curtin insisted on a return to Australia. In early 1942 elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy proposed an invasion of Australia. The Japanese Army opposed the plan and it was rejected in favour of a policy of isolating Australia from the United States via blockade by advancing through the South Pacific. The Japanese decided upon a seaborne invasion of Port Moresby, capital of the Australian Territory of Papua which would put Northern Australia within range of Japanese bomber aircraft.
Two battle - hardened Australian divisions were steaming from the Mid - East for Singapore . Churchill wanted them diverted to Burma , but Curtin insisted on a return to Australia . In early 1942 elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy proposed an invasion of Australia . The Japanese Army opposed the plan and it was rejected in favour of a policy of isolating Australia from the United States via blockade by advancing through the South Pacific . The Japanese decided upon a seaborne invasion of Port Moresby , capital of the Australian Territory of Papua which would put Northern Australia within range of Japanese bomber aircraft .
How many Australian divisions steamed from the Mid-East for Singapore?
How many Australian divisions steamed from the Mid - East for Singapore ?
Two
Two