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Old 16 May 2008, 05:49 PM   #53 (permalink)
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The Anzac Myth and Reality

Conscriptiom in Australia during WW1 was twice rejected by referendum,even the majority of front line combat troops opposing it. In any event, there would not have been a big reserve of manpower in a country with a population at that time of less than 5 million that already had suffered about 330,000 casualities.

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