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==World War II==
Curtin became prime minister in October 1941. Nearly 500,000 men were under arms both at home and abroad out of a total population of 7,000,000.
Curtin became prime minister in October 1941. Nearly 500,000 men were under arms both at home and abroad out of a total population of 7,000,000.
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Barclay, G. St. J. "Australia Looks to America: The Wartime Relationship, 1939-1942," ''Pacific Historical Review,'' Vol. 46, No. 2 (May, 1977), pp. 251-271 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3637934 in JSTOR]
* Barclay, G. St. J. "Australia Looks to America: The Wartime Relationship, 1939-1942," ''Pacific Historical Review,'' Vol. 46, No. 2 (May, 1977), pp. 251-271 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3637934 in JSTOR]
* Bolton, Geoffrey. ''The Oxford History Of Australia - Volume 5 - 1942 - 1988 - The Middle Way'' (1993)
* Day, David. '' John Curtin: A Life'' (1999)
* Edwards, John. ''Curtin's Gift: Reinterpreting Australia's Greatest Prime Minister'' (2005) [http://www.questia.com/read/108661368?title=Curtin's%20Gift%3a%20%20Reinterpreting%20Australia's%20Greatest%20Prime%20Minister online edition]
* Edwards, John. ''Curtin's Gift: Reinterpreting Australia's Greatest Prime Minister'' (2005) [http://www.questia.com/read/108661368?title=Curtin's%20Gift%3a%20%20Reinterpreting%20Australia's%20Greatest%20Prime%20Minister online edition]
* Hasluck, Paul. ''The Government and the People 1942-43'' (1970)
* Hasluck, Paul. ''The Government and the People 1942-43'' (1970)
* Johnson, Carol. ''The Labor Legacy: Curtin, Chifley, Whitlam, Hawke, Sydney'' (1989)
* Johnson, Carol. ''The Labor Legacy: Curtin, Chifley, Whitlam, Hawke, Sydney'' (1989)
* McKernan, Michael. ''The Strength of a Nation: Six Years of Australians Fighting for the Nation and Defending the Homefront in WWII''(2006) [http://www.questia.com/read/113738054?title=The%20Strength%20of%20a%20Nation%3a%20%20Six%20Years%20of%20Australians%20Fighting%20for%20the%20Nation%20and%20Defending%20the%20Homefront%20in%20WWII onine edition]
* McKernan, Michael. ''The Strength of a Nation: Six Years of Australians Fighting for the Nation and Defending the Homefront in WWII''(2006) [http://www.questia.com/read/113738054?title=The%20Strength%20of%20a%20Nation%3a%20%20Six%20Years%20of%20Australians%20Fighting%20for%20the%20Nation%20and%20Defending%20the%20Homefront%20in%20WWII onine edition]
* Ross, Lloyd.''John Curtin: A Biography'' (1983)
== External links==
== External links==