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A propaganda poster referring to the threat of Japanese invasion, 1942

‘He’s coming south / It’s fight work or perish’. During the Second World War, fears mounted in Australia about the possibility of Japanese invasion. Especially after the fall of Singapore and the bombing of Darwin.

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Australian War Memorial ARTV09225

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