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NeilE · 28 February 2008, 10:37 PM

Hi Pete

Here;s one to make your blood boil....

Saw a History Channel doco before Iwent on holiday that asserted that MacArthur was responsible for stopping the Japanese on Kokoda and that the war in Papua New Guinea was won by the US forces with everyone else (ie Australia) just looking on in admiration... No wonder actual knowledge of the war is low over there (and here)....

Cheers

neil

28 February 2008, 10:37 PM	#21 (permalink)
NeilE Forum Ace Contributor Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Reservoir, Melbourne, Aust Posts: 938	Hi Pete Here;s one to make your blood boil.... Saw a History Channel doco before Iwent on holiday that asserted that MacArthur was responsible for stopping the Japanese on Kokoda and that the war in Papua New Guinea was won by the US forces with everyone else (ie Australia) just looking on in admiration... No wonder actual knowledge of the war is low over there (and here).... Cheers neil __________________ "There's something wrong with our bloody ships today." - Adm. Beatty, Jutland, 1916.