During World War Two, Australia’s foreign policy differed from the beginning when they were tied to Britain, and the end of war due to Japans deadly attacks between 1940 and 1942, and Britain’s lack of resources to protect Australia. In source 1, it depicts …show more content…
The invasion of Japan brought about one of the turning points in Australian history. In June 1940-1941, Britain was involved in a life or death struggle in the battle of Britain which resulted in Britain not being able to defend Australia anymore. By the first few weeks of 1942 Australia was in need for some desperate help from America. Australian Prime Minister, John Curtain announced, “Australia looks to America, free from any pangs as to our traditional links or kinship with the United Kingdom” (John Curtain, 1941). This was the first public indication that Australia was looking beyond the traditional alliance on Britain . Curtain made sure that Australia ad successfully changed alliances from Britain to the United Sates. This made Australia a more independent nation because they pulled away from Britain and broke the tradition which caused Australia to become closer to their own nation. Therefore the changing of Alliances changed Australia’s shape and caused them to become