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 Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:07 am
We use to be called Australasia so I thought I should put this post here!
We are called Oceanic now because New Zealand didn't like everything being named after me, even at the first Olympics...
I decided to post some random facts about us for anyone who is interested!
Please post some facts about yourselves in relation to what I post, I can't wait to learn about you guys!
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:31 pm
Think I'll start on some WW2 facts since thats is what Hetalia is about at the moment.
Australia
Required to join as a British Dominion when Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939.
Quote: 'Fellow Australians, it is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that, in consequence of the persistence by Germany in her invasion of Poland, Great Britain has declared war upon her, and that, as a result, Australia is also at war… " - Australian Prime Minister Menzies
Fought in Europe, Middle East, Asia and the Pacific.
Population at start of War - 6,998,000
Military Deaths - 39,800
Civilian deaths - 700
Deaths as percentage of population - 0.57%
POW's (Prisoners of War) total - 26,358
POW's in Pacific - 22,376
Mortality rate in Captivity - 36%
POW's in Europe / Middle East- 8,591
Mortality rate in Captivity - 3%
New Zealand
Required to join as a British Dominion when Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939.
Quote:"It is with gratitude in the past, and with confidence in the future, that we range ourselves without fear beside Britain, where she goes, we go! Where she stands, we stand!" -Michael Joseph Savage, New Zealand Prime Minister.
Fought in Europe, Middle East and the Pacific.
Population at start of War - 1,629,000
Military Deaths - 11,900
Civilian deaths - 0
Deaths as percentage of population - 0.73%
POW's (Prisoners of War) total - 8,415
All POW captured in Europe and Middle East.
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