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Axis naval activity in Australian waters Australian Defence Force Timor Leste Defence Force Tom Derrick (significant contributor to this article) Take Ichi convoy Military history of Australia during World War II Convoy GP55 Operation Teardrop Battle of Morotai No. 1 Wing RAAF Dutch 1913 battleship proposal Bombing of Yawata (June 1944) Black Friday (1945) Bombing of Singapore (1944–1945) No. 79 Squadron RAAF Operation Kita John Treloar (museum administrator) Battle of Arawe Air raids on Japan McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet in Australian service Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in Australian service McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk‎ Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Australian service Boeing C-17 Globemaster III in Australian service No. 38 Squadron RAAF Operation Tungsten Operation Mascot Battle of Labuan Operation Goodwood (naval) Allied naval bombardments of Japan during World War II Operation Paravane Operation Pamphlet Vultee Vengeance in Australian service Operation Inmate South China Sea raid Boeing CH-47 Chinook in Australian service Second Australian Imperial Force in the United Kingdom Bougainville counterattack (co nomination with AustralianRupert) Western Australian emergency of March 1944 Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945) Operation Obviate Operation Catechism Bombing of Obersalzberg Operation Boomerang Peter Raw M113 armoured personnel carriers in Australian service Battle of Saint-Malo Operation Transom Operation Sportpalast Operation Berlin (Atlantic) Project Waler Rhodesia Information Centre Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces Operation Title British nuclear weapons and the Falklands War Conscription in Rhodesia
Australian light destroyer project Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands Action of 28 January 1945 Convoy Faith Australian Army in World War II (co-nomination in which I played a relatively minor part) 4th Armoured Brigade (Australia) John Hines (Australian soldier) Operation Leader (with very substantial input from Manxruler) New Britain campaign (co nomination with AustralianRupert) Landing at Jacquinot Bay (co nomination with AustralianRupert) 1st Armoured Brigade (Australia) (supporting role only, assisting AustralianRupert) Operation Cockpit
No. 80 Wing RAAF No. 457 Squadron RAAF Demobilisation of the Australian military after World War II No. 75 Squadron RAAF No. 1 Long Range Flight RAAF General Dynamics F-111C (significant contributor to this article) German attacks on Nauru No. 6 Squadron RAAF No. 5 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF Indian Ocean raid (1944) Attack on Yokosuka Australian Army ship Crusader (AV 2767) No. 78 Squadron RAAF First Australian Imperial Force (co-nomination in which I played a relatively minor part) Operation Pig Bristle 56th Independent Mixed Brigade 1 November 1944 reconnaissance sortie over Japan Kaname Harada Borneo campaign (1945) (co nomination with AustralianRupert) Grumman S-2 Tracker in Australian service Concrete bus shelters in Canberra Operation Nordseetour
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Articles for review
Legislative Plaza • 2025 Dhaka Chengdu J-7 crash • 1969 Da Nang mid-air collision • Charles the Bold • Emperor Tenji • Gelimer • Fulk, King of Jerusalem • Esigie • Aktion AB • Bar Kokhba Revolt • Shane O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone • Byzantium in the Crusading movement • Joseph Humphrey Sloss • Hong Chengchou • Nathan George Shelley • William B. Ochiltree • Umar Muhayshi • Jacob F. Wolters • Flawed Hero • Military Theory and Practice in the Age of Xenophon • Brian Christine • Bernard Jean Bettelheim • Invention Secrecy Act • Željko Mejakić • Killing of Jennifer Laude • Kevin Scarce • United Nations peacekeeping • John Ratcliffe • Sachio Ashida • Multi-purpose Arcade Combat Simulator • Ava–Hanthawaddy War (1422–1423) • Mihir K. Roy • Battle of Lynchburg • NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre • Kuremsa War • Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh) • Taher al-Aqili • Saddam Haftar • Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war • Battle of the Ialomița • Second Italo-Ethiopian War • Dušan Knežević (war criminal) • Momčilo Gruban • Melvin Storer • Conon (general under Justinian I) • S. M. Ahsan • Pistol Grip (Ben Roberts-Smith VC) • Soviet frigate Silnyy • 55th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment • Battle of Diamond Rock • HMS Royal George (1827) • HMS Trafalgar (1841) • Yulia Tolopa • Henry Joseph Ziegemeier • HMS Prince Regent (1823) • M1841 24-pounder howitzer • Bahmani–Vijayanagar War (1443) • Soviet frigate Deyatelnyy • HMS Obedient (1916)
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To do list
I intend to work on these articles in the near future:

  1. Battle of Tarakan (1945)
  2. 1 May 1982 engagements (draft under development here, and suggestions for a better article name would be appreciated!)
  3. Proposed Japanese invasion of Australia during World War II
  4. Operation Title
  5. Operation Source

I also have plans to improve or start the following articles over the longer term:

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