Australasia 1914: Conquest of the German Pacific
24 September 1914
24 Sep 1914
Conquest of the German Pacific
1 Jan 1901 Federation of Australia
27 Sep 1906 Consolidation of the Dutch East Indies
4 Aug 1914 Outbreak of the Great War
24 Sep 1914 Conquest of the German Pacific
29 Jun 1919 Treaty of Versailles
18 Oct 1928 League of Nations Mandates
11 Dec 1931 Statute of Westminster
31 Dec 1936 Exploration of the New Guinea Highlands
10 Jul 1940 World War II and the Fall of France
The Great War opened in the Pacific with a string of easy victories for the New Zealanders and Australians as they seized Germany's scattered Pacific colonies. Meanwhile they eagerly sent troops to fight under British command in the altogether more serious war underway in Europe.