Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Musi wa15 Gunyana 1939 Menzies akazivisa kuumbwa kweChipiri cheAustralia Imperial Force (AIF). Iri simba rekutsvaga pakutanga raive nevarume zviuru makumi maviri vakarongeka muchikamu chevarwi (chikamu chechitanhatu) uye zvikamu zvekubatsira. AIF yakanga yakaparadzana neCMF, iyo yakanga yakaganhurirwa zviri pamutemo kushumira muAustralia nenharaunda dzayo dzekunze, uye yakaumbwa nekusimudza zvikamu zvitsva pane kuendesa zvikamu zveCMF. Musi wa15 Mbudzi, Menzies akazivisa kudzorerwa kwekunyorwa kwebasa rekuzvidzivirira, kutanga musi wa1 Ndira 1940. Kuunganidzwa kwevarume veAIF pakutanga kwakanga kuchinonoka, asi mumwe muvarume vatanhatu vaiva nemakore ehondo akanga anyoresa muna March 1940 uye kuwedzera kukuru kwevazvipiri kwakauya mberi mushure mekudonha kweFrance muna June 1940. Varume vakazvipira nokuda kweAIF nokuda kwezvikonzero zvakasiyana-siyana, nechinonyanya kuzivikanwa chiri pfungwa yebasa rokudzivirira Australia neBritain Empire. Mukutanga kwa1940, rimwe nerimwe remasangano rakaunza mirau yairambidza kunyoreswa kwevanhu vasiri "veEuropean mavambo"; nepo mirau iyi yaiitwa zvakasimba neRAN neArmy, RAAF yakaramba ichigamuchira huwandu hushoma hwevasiri vekuEurope vekuAustralia. Chikamu chechitanhatu chakaumbwa mukati maOctober naNovember 1939 ndokuenda kuMiddle East mukutanga kwa1940 kuzopedzisa kurovedzwa kwaro uye kugamuchira midziyo yemazuva ano pashure pokunge Hurumende yeBritain yavimbisa Hurumende yeAustralia kuti Japan yakanga isingamiriri ngozi pakarepo. Chikamu ichi chaida kubatana neBritish Expeditionary Force muFrance apo gadziriro dzayo dzainge dzapera, asi izvi hazvina kuitika sezvo maAxis mauto akakunda France pamberi pekugadziriswa kwechikamu. Zvimwe zvikamu zvitatu zvevarwi veAIF (7th Division, 8th Division uye 9th Division) zvakasimudzwa muhafu yekutanga ya1940, pamwe chete nehofisi yehofisi (I Corps) uye vazhinji vanotsigira uye vashandi vebasa. Mapoka ose aya uye mazhinji emayuniti anotsigira akaiswa mhiri kwemakungwa mukati ma1940 na1941. Chikamu chezvombo cheAIF (1st...  Mubvunzo: Varume vangani vakavamba kutanga Second Australian Imperial Force?
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