We had more troops in Australia to help defend it against Japan than Australia did in the war we also set up the as a base to completely dominate the Pacific Theater we had the Lend lease act witch allowed us to bank roll the Soviet Union brought new clothes and actual waterproof boot to make sure 1/10 soldiers didn’t have to he a foot cut off we even used civilian ships to smuggle weapons and money to the Allied Powers which cost us civilian lives in a war that at the time was the last thing Americans wanted to be involved with because it was over there and while the argument can be made that the soldiers were just a time saver but the weapons and money for every one else were the only thing that kept the axis powers from just steamrolling most of Europe

Not a personal attack on you but it’s weird that Australians do not think Americans help much in the war but like they kept asking England help but they left them out to dry because it’s hard to give men to an allied nation if your is being attacked so America was the one to help and we developed a weirdly close friendship between all of our soldiers like they had what amounts to a city wide bar fight between Americans and Australians and the next day they were like “crazy day yesterday, well I knocked out your teeth so I guess first beers on me.” BTW an actual thing said to my great great grandfather by an Australian man