go and see the movie Kokoda

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22nd April 2006, 12:00 AM
womble

go and see the movie Kokoda

it puts other things in perspective. A very good movie.
22nd April 2006, 01:51 PM
ss_11000

Whats it about?
22nd April 2006, 01:58 PM
Shedhand

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Originally Posted by ss_11000

Whats it about?

Oh dear. Young fella tut tut.
Its about Australian soldiers in New Guinea during the 2nd War. The Kokoda trail is part of Australian military folklore. Its a pity they stopped teaching history in schools.
Cheers:o
22nd April 2006, 02:35 PM
ss_11000

so thats where i've heard that word before........

yep, history lessons are crap, most of what you learn about is irrelevant to the topic.
22nd April 2006, 02:37 PM
Groggy

Stirlo, as an ANZAC Day learning exercise, please read this. It is not too long.
22nd April 2006, 02:39 PM
masoth

Bite your tongue, soth - hard!!!!!
22nd April 2006, 02:46 PM
ss_11000

interesting read.....should make a good movie, i'll try to go see it but dont think time will permit as i'm at a hockey camp all next week.
22nd April 2006, 09:06 PM
ozwinner

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Originally Posted by Groggy

Stirlo, as an ANZAC Day learning exercise, please read this. It is not too long.

Good link, it will make me appriciate Next week all the more.

Al :)
22nd April 2006, 11:16 PM
RETIRED

And here I was thinking that the Yanks and MacArthur had beaten the Japanese on the Kokoda Trail.:rolleyes:
22nd April 2006, 11:45 PM
Groggy

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Originally Posted by

And here I was thinking that the Yanks and MacArthur had beaten the Japanese on the Kokoda Trail.:rolleyes:

For history buffs, the first real defeat the Japanese suffered was at the hands of the Australians during the Battle of Milne Bay.

This shook their confidence and began a series of losses. For the Aussies, it marked the good use of air power in close support of ground troops. Bluey Truscott was there for the Air Force and, for the Army, a VC was won by a CPL who attacked three machine gun nests with a Bren and grenades, he was killed in front of the third and last gunpit.

Japanese brutality was especially bad at this battle.

Lest We Forget
23rd April 2006, 01:16 AM
Cliff Rogers

Milne..... why is that name familiar? :cool:
25th April 2006, 09:45 PM
graemet

If you have the time, read the book Kokoda by Peter Fitzsimons. You will come away with a new respect for the Aussie reservists and a new outlook on the "great ????" Douglas MacArthur and the Australian Generals, more concerned with their own comfort and reputations than the lives of the diggers.
Cheers
Graeme
29th April 2006, 11:31 PM
graemet

Saw the movie today, it's confirmed the word pictures Fitzsimons paints but leaves out most of the horrors that the 39th boys confronted. See the movie but read the book as well!
Cheers
Graeme