<P> Due to Australia's geographic position there were relatively few attacks on Australia during World War II . Axis surface raiders and submarines periodically attacked shipping in Australian waters from 1940 to early 1945 and Japanese aircraft bombed towns and airfields in Northern Australia on 97 occasions during 1942 and 1943 . </P> <P> Six German surface raiders operated in Australian waters at different times between 1940 and 1943 . These ships sank a small number of merchant ships and the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney . The German submarine U-862 also carried out attacks in Australian waters in late 1944 and early 1945 . </P>

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