"A Bastard of a Place" by Peter Brune .. bloody read it .. and it was Militia, namely 39 bn, that gave their most to save Australia until the AIF turned up and then Militia and AIF forgetting their differences and worked together to saved our Great Country. AND Australia IS being infiltrated today .. will we too stand and fight again for OUR Australia ????; our government isn't. Thank you to my distant relative; Private Roy John SCHMIDT, V104462 39 Bn, attached to NG Force Sigs KIA 01JAN1943.
The Australians, fighting with their homes not far behind them, were the first Allied troops to defeat the Japanese on the ground. But being Australians, they don't brag much. They leave that to others. Even today when it really counts, it's Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, US standing together. I hope it's always that way. I'm Canadian. We don't brag much either, and we really respect the Aussies.It can only be an honour to stand among them. If only they could drink like us.
The fighting at Isurava saw Australians stand together against the Japanese, according to one account with the buffet of fist and boot and rifle butt, the steel of crashing helmets and of straining strangling fingers. One of the experienced infantrymen coming into the line along this track to reinforce the militia said, "when I saw those poor bastards tottering on their bleeding, swollen feet, turn and go straight back to Isurava, I knew they were bloody good".
On the 11th minute of the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year, please pause to remember those brave diggers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country free - at the rising and going down of the sun, we will remember them....
As a Yank I think that a lot of my fellow Americans think we won this thing almost single handed.
Personally the line should read "You climbed that golden stair case and kept BOTH our countries free!" THANK YOU SO MUCH! Without that stand there wouldn't off been a Coral Sea or a Midway. Instead our carriers rushing into the Teeth of a Japanese ambush. The USN may of done the checkmate, but it was a band of Aussies that sure as hell checked em!
@dragonsflyboy The Australians, fighting with their homes not far behind them, were the first Allied troops to defeat the Japanese on the ground. But being Australians, they don't brag much. They leave that to others. Even today, when it really counts it's Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, US standing together. I hope it's always that way. I'm Canadian. We don't brag much either, and we really respect the Aussies.It can only be an honour to stand among them. If only they could drink like us.
I am a carer, looking after lovely veterans, a pleasure and a privilege to do so, hope to do so for as long as I am able, God bless them all. Janette xxx
The most moving experience of my trip to London last year over the week of our American Thanksgiving Day was my visit to the Australian War Memorial in London. I can understand why only the names of the towns that those Australians who have died and their campaigns and battles are listed on the memorial instead of their names. To build a memorial in London to all Australians who have died fighting for freedom would require buidling a wall all the way around London.
@twodogshellbound aint that the truth mate haha, hell in Nam whilst them yanks were napalming the crap outa them we aussys just circled round and took out the vietcong before the napalm hit XD reports from the vietnamese stated that they were scared of any single one of our blessed diggers more than any american platoon XD
I too, like you pop, have donned the military uniform and served abroad, Afghanistan was tough, but you will always be a hero to me, you achieved things I could only dream of....R.I.P. Pop.
We were on the same fucking side and we won. It wasn't a competition to see who was toughest, it was a fucking war! I can't tell you whether my uncle was the best bomber pilot but I know he is buried in Austria, near where his plane was shot down. They were all heroes, every single one. We live in freesom because of their bravery and sacrifice.
They fought a war, not a whiny little bitch fight like what's written below.
dont bother about books,,?? books are one of the most important things in learning ,I also have spoken to many vets from previous wars but that also doesnt mean that some of them dont talk sh*t.
Im just wondering if you read much cause some of your comments sound abit strange to someone who knows history.
very good comment,true some British many commanders disliked AUST,N.Z .,but also we thought very little of British commanders and it was hard for AUST ,N.Z officers TO HAVE COMMAND of our own troops.regardless that some of our officers being better then some british
AUST,N.Z and CAN where respected for our fighting capabilitys.
can we continue to talk through our you tube channels cause I feel we are spamming this good mans tribute to much.
yep,my last 2 comments you'll find a lot of that info in a book called VICTORY by A.K MACDOUGALL, its a recent print and so u should still be able 2 get a new copy it has great info and a great read.
for a great scource book get Brassey's Battle's by John Laffin,its about 3500yrs of conflict and battles.
the best book i read in along time is called KOKODA by PAUL HAM its one of the best books on KOKODA and i read many,its a new book and should be kinda easy to get in most books stores. cheers.
both Blamey,and Menzies sent protest to churchill in march 1941 complaining that Aust and NZ troops were doing all the fighting.
L8er Churchill him self cabled Eden,saying that i feel that we r not using a single British division in the middle east in 1941 ,and it was mainly Anzac,and other Dominion troops that done bulk of the heaviest fight until the end of 1942.
just read all the major battles up till the end of 1942 ANZAC'S PLAYED MAJOR ROLLS
@tyrantbad Historians disregard the African war as a non event. The Germans only had the Afrika Korps there. A corps is a very small unit. This unit was quickly swept aside when the Americans established a bridgehead to Europe.
@EasyCompanyAirborne wrong ,African campaign was very importent ,The Germans sent some of their best troops and one of the best Generals of WW2 Erwin ROMMEL to support Italys troops still in the middle east
many historians claim north africa as very important in defeating Italy,preventing germany getting oil from the middle east and tying down well over 150000 italian and german troops which could of been use in the invasion of Russia.
please tell me which historians disregarded N.A campaign
@EasyCompanyAirborne and the AXIS was already a defeated force and on the run after the battle of Alamein in which both Australia and New Zealand played major roll's
the American's when they did arrive fought the remnant of a defeated force after the BATTLE of EL ALAMEIN.
the sheer fighting gutsof the AUST,N.Z ,SCOTS that spurred the whole 8th army.
quote of General Montgomery after the battle of Alamein
@tyrantbad Sorry. Words are cheap. If Montgomery meant what he said, then he would have used the Indians, Australians and New Zealanders for the only really important battle, the Battle of Germany. No. He used the Canadians, United States, Scots and English for that. It is actions that count, not words.
NZ,Indians where mainly use in both Italian and some Pacific campaigns.
Can,U.S and British still had large numbers still not commited so they where the forces used.
and when talking of WW1 OR WW2 English was and is almost never used they where British forces and you should know that if you read history of WW1 OR WW2
both AUST and N.Z still had thousands pilots and flight crews in Europe.
@tyrantbad I don't bother about history books. I talk to people that were there and they tell me first hand. One pilot I talked to said that many English pilots were given easy kills and told to avoid difficult situations. The English were destined to be commanders.He said that the Australians and New Zealanders were there to be sacrificed if necessary. Another told me that it was very difficuly for an Australian or New Zealander to become a commander at the time.
Each and every ANZAC, no matter what war or under what fire, put against suicidal odds and yet us aussie boys fought back and proved the world wrong and kept the line. I honestly believe there should be a day just to remember the men who fought on the Kokoda to keep our country safe. We shall always remember and never forget your sacrifice. R.I.P. 39
@EasyCompanyAirborne it was an anzac victory, it was only after the recapture of Ioribaiwa, that macarthur and the yanks came over beforehand (in the more intense fighting) the diggers fought a retreating battle till they could turn the tide and forced the japs to retreat, then later on the americans turned up to make the numbers and they all went jap hunting, beforehand macarthur was wining australia was not advancing but he had no idea what was going on because he wasnt there
@EasyCompanyAirborne no i wouldnt say that, the US did alot... a hell of a lot, but in this particular battle it was anzacs and japs going toe to toe and the anzacs were outnumbered about eight to one, they kept withdrawing to avoid being outflanked, macarthur and blamey were not the heroes you think them it was them who virtually left the door open to the japsby not sending reinforcments or supplies when they should have, macarthur made a huge mistake
@Themightyjason1 You keep calling them Anzacs. I don't think the New Zealanders were there, were they? MacArthur held the Medal of Honor and Blamey was also given medals for bravery. I guess that even great men make mistakes.
@EasyCompanyAirborne im not sure about the kiwis i just assumed thy were we generally go together until afghanistan i guess, they didnt want to come.
macarthur also made another big mistake when retaking gona buna and sannananda, thinking the japs had nothing left but it took us allies ausie and american two months i think to regain it from nine thousand fanatical soldiers, a naval attack then probably would of saved us both alot Australia lost 2,165 troops The United States lost 671
@EasyCompanyAirborne i apologise for some of the earlier comments i said too, they were a bit rough, i was just angry in defence of the kokoda boys, ive never doubted american courage in war, but im very proud of australian courage too. in a round of about sort of way we saved each others asses, if we didnt stop the japs gettin to port moresby, our deathtoll would have been alot higher on australias side and americas, and those starved malaria ridden militia kids stopped there advance with only
@EasyCompanyAirborne about 30 miles to go, jap soldiers reckon they could see the lights of moresby, and remember those aussie kids were militia not trained soldiers, they didnt have the training of american soldiers or the armoury, at the average age of eighteen hold a fighting withdrawal like that against jap top soldiers thats why we hold them in awe,
something tells me they would of been damn happy to see the regular infantry boys and the americans turn up after that lol
@EasyCompanyAirborne NZ'S where in NG but few in number COMPEARED TO THE AUSSIE'S ...new zealanders and Aussie's were also in guadalcanal in late 1942,43 also 500 native Fijian's were use as scout's when the yanks landed .so actually Guadalcanal should actually be called an ALLIED OFFENSIVE since other troops where involved not just the yanks as American books make out.
@tyrantbad I was speaking to two war hstorians from England. They said that the Australians were quite good troops, but not very intelligent. They said that the New Zealand troops had to be carried by the English. They said the New Zealanders were mainly "colored" and were described by the English and Germans also as being rather small and cowardly "creatures" (their words). They said that the English were the best troops in WW2, and the Americans as the second best.
@EasyCompanyAirborne then their not very good historians ,most English historian class both AUST and NZ as having the best fighting unites in the world ,like the 28th Maori Battalion and the New Zealand div is described by John Laffin British historian as the best fight unites of the war
john laffin has written many books on military history and always states as AUSTNZ AS THE BEST FIGHTING UNITES since the Boar War.
can you please name these so called historians cause I think their crap
@EasyCompanyAirborne EASY you really need to name your sources where u get ur information from history books,historians,or Doco's cause ur knowledge on history is often bias or wrong.
please go to my channel and check the video i made u mite learn abit more about our history .
@EasyCompanyAirborne he eventually realised his mistake, and extra troops were sent to garrison port moresby, he did not believe the japanese threat till it was almost too late, by the time he did and more aussies and americans got there, the worst of it was over and the japs were on the retreat, though there was still alot of fighting going on the aussies who reppelled them were in a terrible condition, to save face fo his mistake macarthur and blamey both blamed the soldiers,
@EasyCompanyAirborne it was during this intense fighting australian courage shone, outnumbered and outflanked trudging through mud and muck and carrying their wounded they still managed to come out on top against overwhelming odds, they still fought like demons and stood by their mates, pvt bruce kingsbury earned the greatest honour a man can earn in the victoria cross, a man tom flethcher was shot dead with the wounded he was tending too, his courage what got him, he wouldnt leave the wounded.
@EasyCompanyAirborne the U.S troops turn up abit late the Aussies already had the Japs in retreat, it was the Aussies that defeated the Japs at milne bay and other battles that along the Kokoda track that turn the tide ,later in the battles of the northern beaches of NG general blamey kept refuseing Macartur's offers of U.S reinforcements,stating quote( give me Australians cause ill know they'll fight)
mac arthurs orders where mostly fell on deff ears .
i knew a great man called joe pickering, he was a member of the 2/14th who relieved the militia on the kokoda track. as a kid i still remember him telling me that although he was not involved in the battles the so called "chocolate soldiers" experienced he fought on the "track" all the way to gona and buna. he always maintained that the hardest and bloodiest battles he went through were at gona and buna at the end of his campaign.
@ozzyguy67 too right brother..god bless em..if it wasnt for their sacrifice we would be drinking saki now and we would ahve been slaughtered just kike tha japs slaughtered the chinese in 37
@ozzyguy67 Sorry, I misread your comment. I was going to ask where you obtained those figures, but given that you'd rather be a smart-arse than have a civil discussion, I'll seek them out for myself.
@ Easy company may I ask your position in the US mil forces? I usually do not enter these he said she said comments so I am sick of this one as I have posted earlier unless you were there do not speak of second hand talk, Will you stand to when required as these men did. Both US and ANZAC forces through many campains have fought true and hard, they would all turn in their graves with such bickering is this why they laid down their lives? "LEST WE FORGET"
oh and if every one loves america and wants to live there y is it that australia gets every refugee that are fleeing some shitty country .. america is far from the best country in the world .. mainly the fact of the arrogant pricks in your country just like you .. but do us a favor instead of disrespecting us on a song about our fallen mates pull your head in and show some respect
@EasyCompanyAirborne all americans like you shit me ... yous all think that you's were the hardest done by coz all u ever heard about is what amercia did in the war .. well i hate to tell you mate but us aussie fought right next to your G.I's in nearly ever country you's were in and same with the poms yet u never hear about us do u.. and dont give us that shit the america approches war lightly .. are u fucking kidding me u pricks are the ones that have started every war since WW2 ...
A poignant, moving song. A serious note to the Minister For Immigration : this is Lesson No. 1 in Australian Heritage / Culture / Enshrined Value-Systems .. essential mandatory education for all modern-day newcomers to this country who wish to take up the privilege of living amongst we insitu's .. the ones who've already been here, longtime. Brilliant graphics, MvK, congrats !!
My dad was a Choco a member of 10 Platoon B. Company 55/53 A.I.F. At the battle for Sanananda. At one point he was the only one left standing as far as he could see. He is still with us.
RIP all of the 39th Battalion who are no longer with us, for now your heart has stopped beating you now feel no pain, You do not grow old like us mortals left to wander this earth without you, we honour you with our lives, forever in our hearts and souls, it has nearly been 68 years and we still remember all our fallen family and friends, to all those whose family didnt come back, my heart is with you, RIP fellas
I believe that it was Winston Churchill that said that we should never forget that it was the Australians fighting on the Kokoda Track that were the first to break the myth of Japanese invinciblity. As an American whose mother lost a cousin, who was a Quaker serving as a medic, at Buna, I take my hat off to the heros of the Kokoda Track. They were poorly equipped and armed, yet they fought for all of us. We Americans need to remember them.
at the time Australia and New Zealand were were very small countrys and indeed still are today, but soldier for soldier they have had a bigger impact on the out come of every war they have fought in then any other country
the ANZAC's did and still do fight hard and long and often win against over-whelming odds and almost with out exception win the respect of their allies and enemy (unlike US troops)
To all listen to the song leave the politics out of it. No matter your thoughs or what others have written in the years passed only those there know and have the right to speak, the rest of us should show the repect these men & women of air, land & sea deserve, not just on Anzac day but every day for will you be as quick to stand-to should it be needed again.
Its Slim's tribute to our troops so just let it be.
Mackvskenworth cheers for the song & I stand proud of all our troops.
@swarf76 I respect your request to stop the argy bargy.However my pop was there, and I will not stand for some Yank Troll to get on this forum and belittle what he and his mates achieved.
Is anyone able to upload No Mans Land? I think Slim Dusty's version is the best I've heard and I often wonder why they don't play it at a dawn service.
I have been watching this series. These Australian guys should be ashamed. They "ran like rabbits" said the great General MacArthur. MacArthur stood up under heavy bombardment and defied the Japanese, his four stars gleaming as he stood against them. Roosevelt said "give that man the Medal of Honor". So brave. So MacArthur. So American. Medal of Honor stuff!!
@nqboy45 Both of them said the Japanese ran. Blamey was also a fighting General. The Australians did not deserve men like MacArthur and Blamey. Blamey was a fighting hero, who held the Distinguished Service Order, a medal for bravery. The Australians at Kokoda let the great man down. Blamey was later a five star General as was MacArthur. I salute Blamey. He was too good for Australia.
@twodogshellbound Look. Get this straight. New Guinea and the Kokoda Trail was a side show. The important part of the war was the US naval engagements like Letye Gulf, Santa Cruz and Midway. The Australians were im a major land battle, the Battle of Singapore. This was a defeat for Australian Battles elsewhere like Kursk and Bagration were far bigger and more important than Kokoda. Learn something for once, not from Australian TV.
@twodogshellbound We have to put this into context within the scope of WW2. This was a tiny engagment, even in relation to the entire Australian War effort. I would say the sinking of HMAS Sydney with all hands lost had a greater impact on Australians at the time. People tend to forget that the Navy was the most important service in the Pacific.
@twodogshellbound If you are talking about the USA, you are correct. The United States has never treated going to war lightly. Americans knows only too well the effects of war, something that Australia has yet to learn. It is one thing to fight on foriegn shores, another to fight a war on your own soil. Tell me. Why did Australia fight in WW2?
When called upon to help fight against the evils of Germany, Australia answered the call. Australia, with many other countries fought for a number of years before you yanks got involved at the end.
@twodogshellbound This gets worse. Who "called"? As for the "evils of Germany", the Germans had concentration camps in 1935. Australia didn't go rushing into war then.
@EasyCompanyAirborne With regards to what was going on WITHIN Germany's borders in 1935, Australia's foreign policy was pretty much tied to what Britain thought about the issueand what they were prepared to act upon.Should Australia also rushed off to correct Human Rights abuses going on in the US at the same time?
@ssaltmer Gosh you talk rubbish. In 1935, the English supported what was going on in Germany. They thought of Hitler as a good leader at the time. Sometimes you English are fooled by your history teachers.
@EasyCompanyAirborne It's not your fault that you choose only to read history books written for American readers Easy.I've seen them.They use small words and large print with lots of pictures of allied victories attributed solely to American feats of arms.You blinkered fool.
@EasyCompanyAirborne fucking sulking yank always crying what about america swear its in your yankee blood, more bombs got dropped on darwin than pearl harbour you dont hear australians crying about it, cos we dont like to sook, funnily enough these arguements are always started by an american claiming to be the only country to do anything, more intelligent countries can respect other countries heroes and forces, but not america, you would be speaking japanese anyway if ya didnt hide behind tech
@Themightyjason1 You know nothing, son. Americans went through the hell of Guadalcanal, Corrigedor and Bastogne. US GIs save Australia, France and liberated the death camps. No other country in WW2 went through the suffering Americans did. Look at the film Pearl Harbor some time. That is what it was all about. Hey! The man fought in the Battle of Britain, defended Pearl, bombed Tokyo and arrived home to pick up the Medal of Honor. What a guy! Ben Affleck was perfect in the part. A man's man.
@EasyCompanyAirborne We have to put this into context within the scope of WW2. pearl harbour was a tiny thing, it was nothing major,but you probably wouldnt understand that as you come from a very uneducated country, (similar to germany in ww2), or maybe your just a bit sore about america needing a couple atomic bombs to hide behind, because you couldnt win the toe to toe fighting that MEN do,
@EasyCompanyAirborne , either way you are simple fool that needs a good smack in the chops, you shouldnt be putting down ANY other countries when you come from the most hated troublemaking country on earth
@EasyCompanyAirborne hmmmm poor pooor simple child, you clearly have no idea. even the countries allied to america only just tolerate the usa, kind of like how an adult tolerates spoilt down syndrome child,
but its ok mate one day you will grow up and you wont be a dickhead anymore
@Themightyjason1 The countries that really matter love the USA and the American people. The most important country in the world now outside the USA is India. Every Indian loves the USA and wants to live there. That is the way iyt is.
@EasyCompanyAirborne not true they just hate living in india more than americans so the ones that cant get to australia go to america, thats just the way it is :)
and america is not the most important country in the world, even if it was its no excuse for you to be a dickhead, its wankers like you that make the rest of americans look bad, you should be ashamed of yourself, your pathetic swwetheart
@Themightyjason1 Huh? Every Indian I have spoken to loves the United States of America. They say it is every Indian's dream to go there. Australia is not even mentioned. Most Indians would not even know where it was.
@EasyCompanyAirborne christ your a simple cunt, "most indians ive met" lol you mean your talking about the indians that are in america because they couldnt get in here, but thats not the point...
the point is you being a dickhead and carrying on like a clueless arrogant fool who seems to think america is the only country in the world, its the sort of attitude you carry making the rest of the allies think of america as a joke,
allies who are fithing NOW!!! FOR AMERICA!!!! you fool
@Themightyjason1 For all your swearing, English, the facts are there for anyone to see. On a recent nationiwde poll in India, the place most Indians wanted to live in outside India was the United States. Australia did not even rate a mention. Indian people love the USA and England (England was number 2) especially. Indians thought that English and American people were friendly and just like them. Indian people also fought bravely in WW2 and did not "run like rabbits".
@EasyCompanyAirborne again thats not the point yanky doodle, so why dont put your bright lil helmet and cushy lil suit of armour so you dont get hurt and run along and play your girlish attempt at football lol
@EasyCompanyAirborne Hi there. India's relationship with Australia has been on the rocks the last few years. There was a period where an usually high amount of Indians residing in Australia were being murdered, the Indian media branded the murders as hate crimes, and went to all lengths to portray Australians as racist thugs intent on bashing everyone they don't like. So I wouldn't be at all surprised if the results of a migration poll are significantly lower than usual. - Regards
@ROONTANG Interesting. As far as Indian murders are concerned, we all know what the Indian news media is like. They love to hype things up. Australians do have a problem with race though. Their election is being hijacked by now by anti-foreigner sentiment. Australians do not like foreigners. They only like themselves and the English. That is why they now have two English leaders - Gillard and Abbott.
@EasyCompanyAirborne Hey, You Had Better Go And Do A Bit Of Studying , If Anyone Was Running It Was You Americans, All You Tossers Are Good For Is Killing Your Own Men And Civilians With Your Bombs, AirStrikes, because Unlike Our Aussie Troops You's Idiots Cannot Handle Close Quarter Fighting.
@EasyCompanyAirborne HMAS Sydney was sunk in Nov 1941 before war with Japan was declared.While the loss of one of our premier warships to a German commerce raider with all hands was a severe blow, it pales into comparison against an imminent invasion.
@EasyCompanyAirborne Australians don't need Hollywood epics to teach us what our country achieved during WWII.Tobruk=Rommel stopped...Milne Bay=Japs stopped..El Alamein=Rommel countered.Hardly sideshows Mr HBO.We'll get things straight once we sort out your own twisted mind.
@EasyCompanyAirborne the aussie held the kododa track unlike macauthur who ran 2 australia like a scared rabbit himself and left hes command to rot in the philippinesu hypocrite. Mac authur is a joke
@EasyCompanyAirborne When at one point Blamey reported on the appalling casualties that the Australian troops had taken, MacArthur offered the 41st American Division as reinforcements. Blamey pointedly declined, saying he would prefer to get the Australians of the 21st Brigade - Now under the command of Brigadier Ivan Dougherty, who had replaced Potts - "Because
It is a very sorrry story. It has revealed the fact that the American troops cannot be classified as attack troops. They are definitly not equel to the Australian MILITIA and from the moment they met opposition they sat down and have hardly gone forward a yard.
@ssaltmer I find this incredible. The American fighting men were the best trained attack troops in the war. My father's cousin was in the American GIs. He was in the initial landing party of D-Day at 1 o'clock in the morning. He was trained by Colonel Marshall, an expert on warfare. That is the way it was. The Americans were all superbly trained and led.
@EasyCompanyAirborne The observers noted that the troops and their officers seemed to lack aggressiveness, that many of the junior leaders did not seem to know their business, and that "too many" commanders were trying to conduct operations from a command post. At least one of the observers seems to have gone so far as to say that the 32d Division would not fight
@EasyCompanyAirborne It must have been, for it was about this time, as General Kenney recalls further, that General MacArthur "began to be worried about the caliber of his infantry." Stories that American troops were fighting badly and that some had even thrown away their guns and fled in panic from the enemy were reaching headquarters, as were observers' reports which were distinctly unfavorable in tone.
@EasyCompanyAirborne General Blamey had indeed spoken disparagingly to General MacArthur of the performance of the 32d Division. The conversation had taken place five days before at Government House, General MacArthur's headquarters at Port Moresby. General Kenney, who had been present (and had made a note of General Blamey's remarks), felt that it had been "a bitter pill for General MacArthur to swallow
@ssaltmer I am sure that he was told to say this to MacArthur. I think that Blamey was probably the best non-American General of the war, certainly better than Montgomery. He did have the guts to say things that hurt, including that the Australians "ran like rabbits".
@EasyCompanyAirborne Who told the highest ranking officer in the Aust Army to upbraid MacArthur?The PM?No he did it on his own volition backed up by the reports of independent observers.Blameys "rabbits" comment has been discussed at length already.They were ill chosen words of encouragement which he would rue the rest of his life.
@EasyCompanyAirborne ,what a knowall, lol your fathers cousin was probably a cook or something but whatever he was i bet he's lookin down now thinking you're a fuckwit for raving on about who did a better job. lighten up captain cockeye life cant be so bad that u need to claim victory for a war you never even fought in.
@EasyCompanyAirborne oi cock head we were the first to bet the japs and it was at kokoda and i have more respect for the japaness then u faggots go bitch on another vid oh and u fuckers start wars us aussie win them with out droping a bomb on wemon and kids u guts less cunts
Spine-tingling! And Slim does it so well in his no-bullshit outback style. "Where Country Is" contains the line "And I wondered, if the chips were down, I would be as strong". This one set me wondering...
Greater love hath no man...Thanks to the diggers and R.I.P.
An inspiring song .. lest we forget .. another golden gem by our greatest ever country / folk music story-teller, our Mate Slim. And equally .. an inspring collective montage of visuals to accompany this fabulous song. Very Well Done, MackvsKenworth. Australia - LOVE IT OR LEAVE HERE !!
I don't really care how many nations it took to rid this planet of nazi and imperial jap evils. I am just glad someone got the job done. Thanx diggers.
I'm afraid that you misunderstood the gist of this quotation. Whan Erwin Rommel meant was that ANZAC soldiers were the bravest soldiers on the fields of WWII. I recall one incident from, I think, 1944 r. when Allies were advancing in Italy. When one division consiting of Italians had learned that they were to fight with Australian soldiers, they surrendered without fighting. :)
If we are talking about ANZACs everyone has said something about New Zealanders (Its in the name: Australian & New Zealand Army Corps. {read the first letters})
"Although the defenders were poorly trained, outnumbered and under-resourced, the resistance was such that, according to captured documents, the Japanese believed they had defeated a force more than 1,200 strong when, in fact, they were facing 77 Australian troops."
Such valiant fighters, but they can't make a consumer product worth buying. LOL!
Yeah, and don't forget the Japanese brutality too. Can you say the rape of Nanking? Prosperity is worthless if you are a slave. Thank God that the Japanese Empire was defeated. And frankly, I think the Aussies have a very nice work ethic, thank you.
The Japanese may have killed 30,000 Chinese in Nanjing, but Chiang Kai Shek killed 300,000 Chinese when he broke the dykes of the Yellow River, which did NOTHING to stop the advance of the Japanese. And Mao killed 30 million Chinese in the Great Leap Forward.
Every photograph of the so-called Rape of Nanjing in Iris Chang's book is a proved fake. Different photos were pasted together with shadows going in different directions. Some of them were taken from US propaganda films.
Chang doesn't enter this issue at all. The Japanese invaded China, killed untold numbers of people. Chang's response is irrelevant and doesn't mitigate what the Japanese did by any means. Mao was criminal by any standards. Mao was a mass- murderer. Mao killed millions of his own people during the "Cultural Revolution". Mao made Hitler and Stalin look like amateurs.
So you admit that Australia rightfully belongs to the Japanese, as the original inhabitants of Australia. The Aborigine are actually Ainu, the ancient ancestors of the Japanese.
How did you come up with that conclusion? I'd love to see the research, scientifically supported, that says the Japanese are descendants of the Australian Aboriginies. If that is the case, perhaps Japan belongs to the Australians? You'd have to be a total clacker to draw either conclusion.
Straw man argument on your part. The fact that Australia was a colonial possession of the UK has as much to do with it as the fact that Penguines can't fly being the result of Kentucky Bluegrass. The Ainu are not Japanese and are not in any way related to the Australian Aborigines any more than the Japanese are related to the Massai.
My dad was one of them that supported those guys from the air, he was in the RA Air force at the time. They flew in supplies from Townsville. Tough times. I've got some pictures scanned of the airforce base and the guys there at the time, maybe they'd be worth sending somewere.
What I wanted to emphasise was that Aussie soldiers were one of the bravest during the whole WWII. Poles were maybe as brave as Aussies, but unfortunately they had little time to prove it, being defeated in the first months of war.
mate the Poles fought on right through the war in Tobruk with the Aussies, the air over Europe, Italy, D-Day and a huge army from the East with the Russians through to Berlin. They were and are great allies to us.
RIP!! but never forget the 1st Marine Division that fought and died on Gualcanal to keep the Japs out of Australia.
1st MARDIV & ADF brothers forever!! SEMPER FI
Niceartgocurlecheil1 5 days ago
Does anybody know what Slim Dusty album this song is on and if it's avaliable in America, would like to get a copy of the album.
pikunichris 1 week ago
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┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ To all the mudda fukkas that serve under the Australian flag.
AlbanianMilitia 3 weeks ago in playlist Australia Day
"A Bastard of a Place" by Peter Brune .. bloody read it .. and it was Militia, namely 39 bn, that gave their most to save Australia until the AIF turned up and then Militia and AIF forgetting their differences and worked together to saved our Great Country. AND Australia IS being infiltrated today .. will we too stand and fight again for OUR Australia ????; our government isn't. Thank you to my distant relative; Private Roy John SCHMIDT, V104462 39 Bn, attached to NG Force Sigs KIA 01JAN1943.
southaussie5108 2 months ago
The Australians, fighting with their homes not far behind them, were the first Allied troops to defeat the Japanese on the ground. But being Australians, they don't brag much. They leave that to others. Even today when it really counts, it's Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, US standing together. I hope it's always that way. I'm Canadian. We don't brag much either, and we really respect the Aussies.It can only be an honour to stand among them. If only they could drink like us.
MrFlathatter 2 months ago
@MrFlathatter Hahahaha! My grandfather fought at Kokoda, he would be very pleased to meet you!
But a drinking contest? My heritage is Irish-Australian. Bring it on mate!
Happy Australia Day 2012!
FatmanXVII 1 month ago
The fighting at Isurava saw Australians stand together against the Japanese, according to one account with the buffet of fist and boot and rifle butt, the steel of crashing helmets and of straining strangling fingers. One of the experienced infantrymen coming into the line along this track to reinforce the militia said, "when I saw those poor bastards tottering on their bleeding, swollen feet, turn and go straight back to Isurava, I knew they were bloody good".
gotabemad 3 months ago
On the 11th minute of the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year, please pause to remember those brave diggers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country free - at the rising and going down of the sun, we will remember them....
huppypuppy 3 months ago 4
As a Yank I think that a lot of my fellow Americans think we won this thing almost single handed.
Personally the line should read "You climbed that golden stair case and kept BOTH our countries free!" THANK YOU SO MUCH! Without that stand there wouldn't off been a Coral Sea or a Midway. Instead our carriers rushing into the Teeth of a Japanese ambush. The USN may of done the checkmate, but it was a band of Aussies that sure as hell checked em!
dragonsflyboy 4 months ago
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@dragonsflyboy The Australians, fighting with their homes not far behind them, were the first Allied troops to defeat the Japanese on the ground. But being Australians, they don't brag much. They leave that to others. Even today, when it really counts it's Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, US standing together. I hope it's always that way. I'm Canadian. We don't brag much either, and we really respect the Aussies.It can only be an honour to stand among them. If only they could drink like us.
MrFlathatter 2 months ago
AUSSIE! AUSSIE! AUSSIE! and whos the little fuck nugget who disliked this song?
yoongies 4 months ago
I am a carer, looking after lovely veterans, a pleasure and a privilege to do so, hope to do so for as long as I am able, God bless them all. Janette xxx
MsClassicsneverdie 6 months ago
The most moving experience of my trip to London last year over the week of our American Thanksgiving Day was my visit to the Australian War Memorial in London. I can understand why only the names of the towns that those Australians who have died and their campaigns and battles are listed on the memorial instead of their names. To build a memorial in London to all Australians who have died fighting for freedom would require buidling a wall all the way around London.
pikunichris 6 months ago
what a great song i never heard it before
MsArcticRose 8 months ago
actions count?
Is that why the gutless yanks that landed in New Guinea, ran away at their first contact. Failed in a number of encounters after that.
Funny that you call yourself easycompanyairborne, probably haven't even finished your first year in cub scouts.
twodogshellbound 11 months ago
@twodogshellbound aint that the truth mate haha, hell in Nam whilst them yanks were napalming the crap outa them we aussys just circled round and took out the vietcong before the napalm hit XD reports from the vietnamese stated that they were scared of any single one of our blessed diggers more than any american platoon XD
MrVilniusNastavnik 10 months ago 3
I too, like you pop, have donned the military uniform and served abroad, Afghanistan was tough, but you will always be a hero to me, you achieved things I could only dream of....R.I.P. Pop.
andy072pmc 11 months ago
Fantastic song, thanks mate.
greywolf271 1 year ago
Guys seriously!!!
We were on the same fucking side and we won. It wasn't a competition to see who was toughest, it was a fucking war! I can't tell you whether my uncle was the best bomber pilot but I know he is buried in Austria, near where his plane was shot down. They were all heroes, every single one. We live in freesom because of their bravery and sacrifice.
They fought a war, not a whiny little bitch fight like what's written below.
TheFleurieuLA 1 year ago 2
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dont bother about books,,?? books are one of the most important things in learning ,I also have spoken to many vets from previous wars but that also doesnt mean that some of them dont talk sh*t.
Im just wondering if you read much cause some of your comments sound abit strange to someone who knows history.
tyrantbad 1 year ago
very good comment,true some British many commanders disliked AUST,N.Z .,but also we thought very little of British commanders and it was hard for AUST ,N.Z officers TO HAVE COMMAND of our own troops.regardless that some of our officers being better then some british
AUST,N.Z and CAN where respected for our fighting capabilitys.
can we continue to talk through our you tube channels cause I feel we are spamming this good mans tribute to much.
tyrantbad 1 year ago
yep,my last 2 comments you'll find a lot of that info in a book called VICTORY by A.K MACDOUGALL, its a recent print and so u should still be able 2 get a new copy it has great info and a great read.
for a great scource book get Brassey's Battle's by John Laffin,its about 3500yrs of conflict and battles.
the best book i read in along time is called KOKODA by PAUL HAM its one of the best books on KOKODA and i read many,its a new book and should be kinda easy to get in most books stores. cheers.
tyrantbad 1 year ago
both Blamey,and Menzies sent protest to churchill in march 1941 complaining that Aust and NZ troops were doing all the fighting.
L8er Churchill him self cabled Eden,saying that i feel that we r not using a single British division in the middle east in 1941 ,and it was mainly Anzac,and other Dominion troops that done bulk of the heaviest fight until the end of 1942.
just read all the major battles up till the end of 1942 ANZAC'S PLAYED MAJOR ROLLS
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@tyrantbad Historians disregard the African war as a non event. The Germans only had the Afrika Korps there. A corps is a very small unit. This unit was quickly swept aside when the Americans established a bridgehead to Europe.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne wrong ,African campaign was very importent ,The Germans sent some of their best troops and one of the best Generals of WW2 Erwin ROMMEL to support Italys troops still in the middle east
many historians claim north africa as very important in defeating Italy,preventing germany getting oil from the middle east and tying down well over 150000 italian and german troops which could of been use in the invasion of Russia.
please tell me which historians disregarded N.A campaign
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne and the AXIS was already a defeated force and on the run after the battle of Alamein in which both Australia and New Zealand played major roll's
the American's when they did arrive fought the remnant of a defeated force after the BATTLE of EL ALAMEIN.
the sheer fighting gutsof the AUST,N.Z ,SCOTS that spurred the whole 8th army.
quote of General Montgomery after the battle of Alamein
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@tyrantbad Sorry. Words are cheap. If Montgomery meant what he said, then he would have used the Indians, Australians and New Zealanders for the only really important battle, the Battle of Germany. No. He used the Canadians, United States, Scots and English for that. It is actions that count, not words.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne AUSSIES where recalled 2 defend Australia from the JAPS
NZ,Indians where mainly use in both Italian and some Pacific campaigns.
Can,U.S and British still had large numbers still not commited so they where the forces used.
and when talking of WW1 OR WW2 English was and is almost never used they where British forces and you should know that if you read history of WW1 OR WW2
both AUST and N.Z still had thousands pilots and flight crews in Europe.
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@tyrantbad I don't bother about history books. I talk to people that were there and they tell me first hand. One pilot I talked to said that many English pilots were given easy kills and told to avoid difficult situations. The English were destined to be commanders.He said that the Australians and New Zealanders were there to be sacrificed if necessary. Another told me that it was very difficuly for an Australian or New Zealander to become a commander at the time.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
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tyrantbad 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne My God, I wish we had [the] 9th Australian Division with us this morning.
—Major General Freddie de Guingand, Chief of Staff, Allied Land-force Headquarters Europe, D-Day,
carnex333 1 year ago
@carnex333 I wouldn't believe anything de Guingand said. He was a smooth talking English diplomat.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
Each and every ANZAC, no matter what war or under what fire, put against suicidal odds and yet us aussie boys fought back and proved the world wrong and kept the line. I honestly believe there should be a day just to remember the men who fought on the Kokoda to keep our country safe. We shall always remember and never forget your sacrifice. R.I.P. 39
FatmanXVII 1 year ago
Long live the 39th
cam524 1 year ago
Where's the ANZAC spirit gone?. Now our government tells us to welcome our enemies and we are evil if we object.
ThePatJennings 1 year ago
@ThePatJennings This was neve an ANZAC battle. It was American troops that came in and saved Australia.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne it was an anzac victory, it was only after the recapture of Ioribaiwa, that macarthur and the yanks came over beforehand (in the more intense fighting) the diggers fought a retreating battle till they could turn the tide and forced the japs to retreat, then later on the americans turned up to make the numbers and they all went jap hunting, beforehand macarthur was wining australia was not advancing but he had no idea what was going on because he wasnt there
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@Themightyjason1 Right. So you are saying that the US didn't do anything.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne no i wouldnt say that, the US did alot... a hell of a lot, but in this particular battle it was anzacs and japs going toe to toe and the anzacs were outnumbered about eight to one, they kept withdrawing to avoid being outflanked, macarthur and blamey were not the heroes you think them it was them who virtually left the door open to the japsby not sending reinforcments or supplies when they should have, macarthur made a huge mistake
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@Themightyjason1 You keep calling them Anzacs. I don't think the New Zealanders were there, were they? MacArthur held the Medal of Honor and Blamey was also given medals for bravery. I guess that even great men make mistakes.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne im not sure about the kiwis i just assumed thy were we generally go together until afghanistan i guess, they didnt want to come.
macarthur also made another big mistake when retaking gona buna and sannananda, thinking the japs had nothing left but it took us allies ausie and american two months i think to regain it from nine thousand fanatical soldiers, a naval attack then probably would of saved us both alot Australia lost 2,165 troops The United States lost 671
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne i apologise for some of the earlier comments i said too, they were a bit rough, i was just angry in defence of the kokoda boys, ive never doubted american courage in war, but im very proud of australian courage too. in a round of about sort of way we saved each others asses, if we didnt stop the japs gettin to port moresby, our deathtoll would have been alot higher on australias side and americas, and those starved malaria ridden militia kids stopped there advance with only
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne about 30 miles to go, jap soldiers reckon they could see the lights of moresby, and remember those aussie kids were militia not trained soldiers, they didnt have the training of american soldiers or the armoury, at the average age of eighteen hold a fighting withdrawal like that against jap top soldiers thats why we hold them in awe,
something tells me they would of been damn happy to see the regular infantry boys and the americans turn up after that lol
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne NZ'S where in NG but few in number COMPEARED TO THE AUSSIE'S ...new zealanders and Aussie's were also in guadalcanal in late 1942,43 also 500 native Fijian's were use as scout's when the yanks landed .so actually Guadalcanal should actually be called an ALLIED OFFENSIVE since other troops where involved not just the yanks as American books make out.
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@tyrantbad I was speaking to two war hstorians from England. They said that the Australians were quite good troops, but not very intelligent. They said that the New Zealand troops had to be carried by the English. They said the New Zealanders were mainly "colored" and were described by the English and Germans also as being rather small and cowardly "creatures" (their words). They said that the English were the best troops in WW2, and the Americans as the second best.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne then their not very good historians ,most English historian class both AUST and NZ as having the best fighting unites in the world ,like the 28th Maori Battalion and the New Zealand div is described by John Laffin British historian as the best fight unites of the war
john laffin has written many books on military history and always states as AUSTNZ AS THE BEST FIGHTING UNITES since the Boar War.
can you please name these so called historians cause I think their crap
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne EASY you really need to name your sources where u get ur information from history books,historians,or Doco's cause ur knowledge on history is often bias or wrong.
please go to my channel and check the video i made u mite learn abit more about our history .
cheers
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@tyrantbad where can i obtain your info source. would luv to read it
rickandgordo 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne he eventually realised his mistake, and extra troops were sent to garrison port moresby, he did not believe the japanese threat till it was almost too late, by the time he did and more aussies and americans got there, the worst of it was over and the japs were on the retreat, though there was still alot of fighting going on the aussies who reppelled them were in a terrible condition, to save face fo his mistake macarthur and blamey both blamed the soldiers,
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne it was during this intense fighting australian courage shone, outnumbered and outflanked trudging through mud and muck and carrying their wounded they still managed to come out on top against overwhelming odds, they still fought like demons and stood by their mates, pvt bruce kingsbury earned the greatest honour a man can earn in the victoria cross, a man tom flethcher was shot dead with the wounded he was tending too, his courage what got him, he wouldnt leave the wounded.
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne the U.S troops turn up abit late the Aussies already had the Japs in retreat, it was the Aussies that defeated the Japs at milne bay and other battles that along the Kokoda track that turn the tide ,later in the battles of the northern beaches of NG general blamey kept refuseing Macartur's offers of U.S reinforcements,stating quote( give me Australians cause ill know they'll fight)
mac arthurs orders where mostly fell on deff ears .
tyrantbad 1 year ago
i knew a great man called joe pickering, he was a member of the 2/14th who relieved the militia on the kokoda track. as a kid i still remember him telling me that although he was not involved in the battles the so called "chocolate soldiers" experienced he fought on the "track" all the way to gona and buna. he always maintained that the hardest and bloodiest battles he went through were at gona and buna at the end of his campaign.
rickandgordo 1 year ago
which bloody kiwi dislikes this video!? I'll strangle him.
yehimbored 1 year ago
they shall not grow old as we that are left shall grow old,
age shall not warry them nor the years condem, at the going down of the sun and in the moring we shall remember them. LEAST WE FORGET heroes
123wolven 1 year ago
@ozzyguy67 too right brother..god bless em..if it wasnt for their sacrifice we would be drinking saki now and we would ahve been slaughtered just kike tha japs slaughtered the chinese in 37
ellasAPOEL36 1 year ago
@ozzyguy67 Sorry, I misread your comment. I was going to ask where you obtained those figures, but given that you'd rather be a smart-arse than have a civil discussion, I'll seek them out for myself.
ROONTANG 1 year ago
@ozzyguy67 The Japanese were not outnumbered 10 to 1. They had roughly 14000 men while Australia and the United States together had 30000.
ROONTANG 1 year ago
mark also the 2/33 whos patc is mud over blood brigade that the 39 relieved on the track.
raymiando 1 year ago
@ Easy company may I ask your position in the US mil forces? I usually do not enter these he said she said comments so I am sick of this one as I have posted earlier unless you were there do not speak of second hand talk, Will you stand to when required as these men did. Both US and ANZAC forces through many campains have fought true and hard, they would all turn in their graves with such bickering is this why they laid down their lives? "LEST WE FORGET"
swarf76 1 year ago
oh and if every one loves america and wants to live there y is it that australia gets every refugee that are fleeing some shitty country .. america is far from the best country in the world .. mainly the fact of the arrogant pricks in your country just like you .. but do us a favor instead of disrespecting us on a song about our fallen mates pull your head in and show some respect
fangs89 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne all americans like you shit me ... yous all think that you's were the hardest done by coz all u ever heard about is what amercia did in the war .. well i hate to tell you mate but us aussie fought right next to your G.I's in nearly ever country you's were in and same with the poms yet u never hear about us do u.. and dont give us that shit the america approches war lightly .. are u fucking kidding me u pricks are the ones that have started every war since WW2 ...
fangs89 1 year ago
A poignant, moving song. A serious note to the Minister For Immigration : this is Lesson No. 1 in Australian Heritage / Culture / Enshrined Value-Systems .. essential mandatory education for all modern-day newcomers to this country who wish to take up the privilege of living amongst we insitu's .. the ones who've already been here, longtime. Brilliant graphics, MvK, congrats !!
colindominy 1 year ago
My dad was a Choco a member of 10 Platoon B. Company 55/53 A.I.F. At the battle for Sanananda. At one point he was the only one left standing as far as he could see. He is still with us.
Boogerboy62 1 year ago
RIP all of the 39th Battalion who are no longer with us, for now your heart has stopped beating you now feel no pain, You do not grow old like us mortals left to wander this earth without you, we honour you with our lives, forever in our hearts and souls, it has nearly been 68 years and we still remember all our fallen family and friends, to all those whose family didnt come back, my heart is with you, RIP fellas
mark23793 1 year ago 21
@mark23793 mate they'd be saluting a comment like that good call mate
dabeast5816 10 months ago
@dabeast5816 thanks mate, very near and dear subject to me, my great uncle fought in kokoda and the phillipines i think
mark23793 10 months ago
I believe that it was Winston Churchill that said that we should never forget that it was the Australians fighting on the Kokoda Track that were the first to break the myth of Japanese invinciblity. As an American whose mother lost a cousin, who was a Quaker serving as a medic, at Buna, I take my hat off to the heros of the Kokoda Track. They were poorly equipped and armed, yet they fought for all of us. We Americans need to remember them.
pikunichris 1 year ago 4
A tribute to real heros.
mickderigger 1 year ago
Great song
Who Called ??? thats easy the British called
at the time Australia and New Zealand were were very small countrys and indeed still are today, but soldier for soldier they have had a bigger impact on the out come of every war they have fought in then any other country
the ANZAC's did and still do fight hard and long and often win against over-whelming odds and almost with out exception win the respect of their allies and enemy (unlike US troops)
ecnjheck 1 year ago
To all listen to the song leave the politics out of it. No matter your thoughs or what others have written in the years passed only those there know and have the right to speak, the rest of us should show the repect these men & women of air, land & sea deserve, not just on Anzac day but every day for will you be as quick to stand-to should it be needed again.
Its Slim's tribute to our troops so just let it be.
Mackvskenworth cheers for the song & I stand proud of all our troops.
swarf76 1 year ago
@swarf76 I respect your request to stop the argy bargy.However my pop was there, and I will not stand for some Yank Troll to get on this forum and belittle what he and his mates achieved.
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@ssaltmer: With you all the way there mate.
Lets show Easy the word meaning of the word 'Allies' and get this yank facist cunt banned on here!
Pheonixfromtheshale 1 year ago
Is anyone able to upload No Mans Land? I think Slim Dusty's version is the best I've heard and I often wonder why they don't play it at a dawn service.
burleighbeachbum 1 year ago
I have been watching this series. These Australian guys should be ashamed. They "ran like rabbits" said the great General MacArthur. MacArthur stood up under heavy bombardment and defied the Japanese, his four stars gleaming as he stood against them. Roosevelt said "give that man the Medal of Honor". So brave. So MacArthur. So American. Medal of Honor stuff!!
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne I think you'll find the "ran like rabbits" quote was The australian General Blamey
nqboy45 1 year ago
@nqboy45 Both of them said the Japanese ran. Blamey was also a fighting General. The Australians did not deserve men like MacArthur and Blamey. Blamey was a fighting hero, who held the Distinguished Service Order, a medal for bravery. The Australians at Kokoda let the great man down. Blamey was later a five star General as was MacArthur. I salute Blamey. He was too good for Australia.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne I can't tell whether you're being serious or extracting the urine.
nqboy45 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne
grow up moron.
The Australians fighting in New Guinea, fought a bloody hard fight.
Unlike the cowardly yanks, who refused to fight and ran away, the Aussies kept pushing relentlessly.
macarther was nothing but a big mouthed blustering wind bag, who was so full of himself, that he became useless. Then he was sacked in the Korean war.
twodogshellbound 1 year ago
@twodogshellbound Look. Get this straight. New Guinea and the Kokoda Trail was a side show. The important part of the war was the US naval engagements like Letye Gulf, Santa Cruz and Midway. The Australians were im a major land battle, the Battle of Singapore. This was a defeat for Australian Battles elsewhere like Kursk and Bagration were far bigger and more important than Kokoda. Learn something for once, not from Australian TV.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne
We are talking about Kokoda here. Not everywhere else in the world.
Singapore was a defeat for British and Australian forces.
you ned to pull your head in, mate.
twodogshellbound 1 year ago
@twodogshellbound We have to put this into context within the scope of WW2. This was a tiny engagment, even in relation to the entire Australian War effort. I would say the sinking of HMAS Sydney with all hands lost had a greater impact on Australians at the time. People tend to forget that the Navy was the most important service in the Pacific.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne .
For christ sake, we don't haqve to put this in context with anything. Moron.
This was a Small section that we are looking at.
You can not compare it to anything else.
Navy, Army and Air force did bloody great work. None of them did better than the other.
we are talking about Kokoda. So stick to the point or p1ss off.
twodogshellbound 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne
Besides which, your gutless country didn't enter the war until they were attacked.
twodogshellbound 1 year ago
@twodogshellbound If you are talking about the USA, you are correct. The United States has never treated going to war lightly. Americans knows only too well the effects of war, something that Australia has yet to learn. It is one thing to fight on foriegn shores, another to fight a war on your own soil. Tell me. Why did Australia fight in WW2?
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne
Why not?
When called upon to help fight against the evils of Germany, Australia answered the call. Australia, with many other countries fought for a number of years before you yanks got involved at the end.
twodogshellbound 1 year ago
@twodogshellbound This gets worse. Who "called"? As for the "evils of Germany", the Germans had concentration camps in 1935. Australia didn't go rushing into war then.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne With regards to what was going on WITHIN Germany's borders in 1935, Australia's foreign policy was pretty much tied to what Britain thought about the issueand what they were prepared to act upon.Should Australia also rushed off to correct Human Rights abuses going on in the US at the same time?
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@ssaltmer Gosh you talk rubbish. In 1935, the English supported what was going on in Germany. They thought of Hitler as a good leader at the time. Sometimes you English are fooled by your history teachers.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne It's not your fault that you choose only to read history books written for American readers Easy.I've seen them.They use small words and large print with lots of pictures of allied victories attributed solely to American feats of arms.You blinkered fool.
ssaltmer 1 year ago 2
@ssaltmer Good. At least you are learning. As they say, it took Europeans to start world wars and Americans to finish them.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne Well you've done a crap job fighting wars ever since....
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne Very American to jump in when the beligerents are worn out and bled white, then grab all the credit.
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne Answer the question fuckwit, or are you too pissweak to stand behind your convictions?
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne fucking sulking yank always crying what about america swear its in your yankee blood, more bombs got dropped on darwin than pearl harbour you dont hear australians crying about it, cos we dont like to sook, funnily enough these arguements are always started by an american claiming to be the only country to do anything, more intelligent countries can respect other countries heroes and forces, but not america, you would be speaking japanese anyway if ya didnt hide behind tech
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@Themightyjason1 You know nothing, son. Americans went through the hell of Guadalcanal, Corrigedor and Bastogne. US GIs save Australia, France and liberated the death camps. No other country in WW2 went through the suffering Americans did. Look at the film Pearl Harbor some time. That is what it was all about. Hey! The man fought in the Battle of Britain, defended Pearl, bombed Tokyo and arrived home to pick up the Medal of Honor. What a guy! Ben Affleck was perfect in the part. A man's man.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
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@EasyCompanyAirborne We have to put this into context within the scope of WW2. pearl harbour was a tiny thing, it was nothing major,but you probably wouldnt understand that as you come from a very uneducated country, (similar to germany in ww2), or maybe your just a bit sore about america needing a couple atomic bombs to hide behind, because you couldnt win the toe to toe fighting that MEN do,
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne , either way you are simple fool that needs a good smack in the chops, you shouldnt be putting down ANY other countries when you come from the most hated troublemaking country on earth
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@Themightyjason1 Hmmm. Everyone loves the US. Ask all the people wanting to come to the US and be rich. God Bless America.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne hmmmm poor pooor simple child, you clearly have no idea. even the countries allied to america only just tolerate the usa, kind of like how an adult tolerates spoilt down syndrome child,
but its ok mate one day you will grow up and you wont be a dickhead anymore
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@Themightyjason1 The countries that really matter love the USA and the American people. The most important country in the world now outside the USA is India. Every Indian loves the USA and wants to live there. That is the way iyt is.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne not true they just hate living in india more than americans so the ones that cant get to australia go to america, thats just the way it is :)
and america is not the most important country in the world, even if it was its no excuse for you to be a dickhead, its wankers like you that make the rest of americans look bad, you should be ashamed of yourself, your pathetic swwetheart
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@Themightyjason1 Huh? Every Indian I have spoken to loves the United States of America. They say it is every Indian's dream to go there. Australia is not even mentioned. Most Indians would not even know where it was.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne christ your a simple cunt, "most indians ive met" lol you mean your talking about the indians that are in america because they couldnt get in here, but thats not the point...
the point is you being a dickhead and carrying on like a clueless arrogant fool who seems to think america is the only country in the world, its the sort of attitude you carry making the rest of the allies think of america as a joke,
allies who are fithing NOW!!! FOR AMERICA!!!! you fool
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@Themightyjason1 For all your swearing, English, the facts are there for anyone to see. On a recent nationiwde poll in India, the place most Indians wanted to live in outside India was the United States. Australia did not even rate a mention. Indian people love the USA and England (England was number 2) especially. Indians thought that English and American people were friendly and just like them. Indian people also fought bravely in WW2 and did not "run like rabbits".
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne again thats not the point yanky doodle, so why dont put your bright lil helmet and cushy lil suit of armour so you dont get hurt and run along and play your girlish attempt at football lol
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne oh and just out of curiosity, why hasn't osama bi laden been caught yet?
Themightyjason1 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne Hi there. India's relationship with Australia has been on the rocks the last few years. There was a period where an usually high amount of Indians residing in Australia were being murdered, the Indian media branded the murders as hate crimes, and went to all lengths to portray Australians as racist thugs intent on bashing everyone they don't like. So I wouldn't be at all surprised if the results of a migration poll are significantly lower than usual. - Regards
ROONTANG 1 year ago
@ROONTANG Interesting. As far as Indian murders are concerned, we all know what the Indian news media is like. They love to hype things up. Australians do have a problem with race though. Their election is being hijacked by now by anti-foreigner sentiment. Australians do not like foreigners. They only like themselves and the English. That is why they now have two English leaders - Gillard and Abbott.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne Hey, You Had Better Go And Do A Bit Of Studying , If Anyone Was Running It Was You Americans, All You Tossers Are Good For Is Killing Your Own Men And Civilians With Your Bombs, AirStrikes, because Unlike Our Aussie Troops You's Idiots Cannot Handle Close Quarter Fighting.
MackvsKenworth 1 year ago
@Themightyjason1 FUcking true that bro
TheGodOfRockNRolla 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne HMAS Sydney was sunk in Nov 1941 before war with Japan was declared.While the loss of one of our premier warships to a German commerce raider with all hands was a severe blow, it pales into comparison against an imminent invasion.
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne Australians don't need Hollywood epics to teach us what our country achieved during WWII.Tobruk=Rommel stopped...Milne Bay=Japs stopped..El Alamein=Rommel countered.Hardly sideshows Mr HBO.We'll get things straight once we sort out your own twisted mind.
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne the aussie held the kododa track unlike macauthur who ran 2 australia like a scared rabbit himself and left hes command to rot in the philippinesu hypocrite. Mac authur is a joke
tyrantbad 1 year ago
@tyrantbad MacArthur got the Medal of Honor. He went to Australia to give the place some backbone. Like Blamey, he was a great fighting general.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne When at one point Blamey reported on the appalling casualties that the Australian troops had taken, MacArthur offered the 41st American Division as reinforcements. Blamey pointedly declined, saying he would prefer to get the Australians of the 21st Brigade - Now under the command of Brigadier Ivan Dougherty, who had replaced Potts - "Because
I know they will fight! "
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne General Blamey to General MacArthur:
It is a very sorrry story. It has revealed the fact that the American troops cannot be classified as attack troops. They are definitly not equel to the Australian MILITIA and from the moment they met opposition they sat down and have hardly gone forward a yard.
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@ssaltmer I find this incredible. The American fighting men were the best trained attack troops in the war. My father's cousin was in the American GIs. He was in the initial landing party of D-Day at 1 o'clock in the morning. He was trained by Colonel Marshall, an expert on warfare. That is the way it was. The Americans were all superbly trained and led.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne Well I'm afraid that historical fact, (and Blamey) beg to differ.
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne The observers noted that the troops and their officers seemed to lack aggressiveness, that many of the junior leaders did not seem to know their business, and that "too many" commanders were trying to conduct operations from a command post. At least one of the observers seems to have gone so far as to say that the 32d Division would not fight
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne It must have been, for it was about this time, as General Kenney recalls further, that General MacArthur "began to be worried about the caliber of his infantry." Stories that American troops were fighting badly and that some had even thrown away their guns and fled in panic from the enemy were reaching headquarters, as were observers' reports which were distinctly unfavorable in tone.
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne General Blamey had indeed spoken disparagingly to General MacArthur of the performance of the 32d Division. The conversation had taken place five days before at Government House, General MacArthur's headquarters at Port Moresby. General Kenney, who had been present (and had made a note of General Blamey's remarks), felt that it had been "a bitter pill for General MacArthur to swallow
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@ssaltmer I am sure that he was told to say this to MacArthur. I think that Blamey was probably the best non-American General of the war, certainly better than Montgomery. He did have the guts to say things that hurt, including that the Australians "ran like rabbits".
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne Who told the highest ranking officer in the Aust Army to upbraid MacArthur?The PM?No he did it on his own volition backed up by the reports of independent observers.Blameys "rabbits" comment has been discussed at length already.They were ill chosen words of encouragement which he would rue the rest of his life.
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@ssaltmer
I honestly doubt that he meant that comment as "words of encouragement.
twodogshellbound 1 year ago
@twodogshellbound Yes you are right. Please rephrase that to "words of advice"
He said, "Remember, it's the rabbit that runs which gets shot, not the man with the gun."
ssaltmer 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne ,what a knowall, lol your fathers cousin was probably a cook or something but whatever he was i bet he's lookin down now thinking you're a fuckwit for raving on about who did a better job. lighten up captain cockeye life cant be so bad that u need to claim victory for a war you never even fought in.
mrfirefli 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne oi cock head we were the first to bet the japs and it was at kokoda and i have more respect for the japaness then u faggots go bitch on another vid oh and u fuckers start wars us aussie win them with out droping a bomb on wemon and kids u guts less cunts
TheGodOfRockNRolla 1 year ago
Love this song. I was bought up in a military family and these guys did us proud.
dawnflo 1 year ago
Spine-tingling! And Slim does it so well in his no-bullshit outback style. "Where Country Is" contains the line "And I wondered, if the chips were down, I would be as strong". This one set me wondering...
Greater love hath no man...Thanks to the diggers and R.I.P.
nqboy45 1 year ago
An inspiring song .. lest we forget .. another golden gem by our greatest ever country / folk music story-teller, our Mate Slim. And equally .. an inspring collective montage of visuals to accompany this fabulous song. Very Well Done, MackvsKenworth. Australia - LOVE IT OR LEAVE HERE !!
colindominy 1 year ago
Sorry I do not understand , perhaps I am ignorant - but who has attacked Australia in 39- 45?
hissphillips 1 year ago
My Great Grandfather fought at Kokoda and lived to tell stories
anyway these people are heroic and will be remembered!!!
sam3224 2 years ago
one of your best slim
dawesy1995 2 years ago
aussie men with back bone. true blues.jan 26. proud of my son, and all who fight in wars.
sirfrancis4th 2 years ago
great video 5 stars
mattyo30 2 years ago
I don't really care how many nations it took to rid this planet of nazi and imperial jap evils. I am just glad someone got the job done. Thanx diggers.
664ever 2 years ago 3
As Erwin Rommel said-"If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it"
vaan7777 2 years ago
It took the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, USSR, and China to defeat Japan. Don't busy yourself with the absurd and arrogant self-congratulation.
LogieBeatsLies 2 years ago
I'm afraid that you misunderstood the gist of this quotation. Whan Erwin Rommel meant was that ANZAC soldiers were the bravest soldiers on the fields of WWII. I recall one incident from, I think, 1944 r. when Allies were advancing in Italy. When one division consiting of Italians had learned that they were to fight with Australian soldiers, they surrendered without fighting. :)
Wajlonis 2 years ago
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supergunterino 2 years ago
I may have mismatched the date and the place, but the story remains the same, the point is - ANZAC soldiers were simply awesome xD
Wajlonis 2 years ago
If we are talking about ANZACs everyone has said something about New Zealanders (Its in the name: Australian & New Zealand Army Corps. {read the first letters})
EarlJohn61 2 years ago
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What a joke.
LogieBeatsLies 2 years ago
"Although the defenders were poorly trained, outnumbered and under-resourced, the resistance was such that, according to captured documents, the Japanese believed they had defeated a force more than 1,200 strong when, in fact, they were facing 77 Australian troops."
Such valiant fighters, but they can't make a consumer product worth buying. LOL!
LogieBeatsLies 2 years ago
I agree with the placement of Japanese bombs on Darwin for the benefit of Australians to rid them of that trashy neo-classical architecture.
LogieBeatsLies 2 years ago
Don't think there was ever much neo-classical architecture in Darwin mate ;)
GTA188199 2 years ago
GOD BLESS AUSTRALIA.
Cheers Slim
TOPEND75 2 years ago
I'm fom Canada and I would take Australia any day over Japan.
crownvicky 2 years ago 3
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Take it where? To the dole?
It's not as if they can make anything a Canadian would want to buy.... From Nintendo Wii to Blueray.
LogieBeatsLies 2 years ago
Yeah, and don't forget the Japanese brutality too. Can you say the rape of Nanking? Prosperity is worthless if you are a slave. Thank God that the Japanese Empire was defeated. And frankly, I think the Aussies have a very nice work ethic, thank you.
Sonoraman 2 years ago
The Japanese may have killed 30,000 Chinese in Nanjing, but Chiang Kai Shek killed 300,000 Chinese when he broke the dykes of the Yellow River, which did NOTHING to stop the advance of the Japanese. And Mao killed 30 million Chinese in the Great Leap Forward.
Every photograph of the so-called Rape of Nanjing in Iris Chang's book is a proved fake. Different photos were pasted together with shadows going in different directions. Some of them were taken from US propaganda films.
LogieBeatsLies 2 years ago
Chang doesn't enter this issue at all. The Japanese invaded China, killed untold numbers of people. Chang's response is irrelevant and doesn't mitigate what the Japanese did by any means. Mao was criminal by any standards. Mao was a mass- murderer. Mao killed millions of his own people during the "Cultural Revolution". Mao made Hitler and Stalin look like amateurs.
Sonoraman 2 years ago
So you admit that Australia rightfully belongs to the Japanese, as the original inhabitants of Australia. The Aborigine are actually Ainu, the ancient ancestors of the Japanese.
LogieBeatsLies 2 years ago
How did you come up with that conclusion? I'd love to see the research, scientifically supported, that says the Japanese are descendants of the Australian Aboriginies. If that is the case, perhaps Japan belongs to the Australians? You'd have to be a total clacker to draw either conclusion.
Sonoraman 2 years ago
The fact remains that Australia is the result of colonial possession. There were no whites in Australia.
The aborigines of Japan are called Ainu. Apparenly, you did not know about them.
LogieBeatsLies 2 years ago
Straw man argument on your part. The fact that Australia was a colonial possession of the UK has as much to do with it as the fact that Penguines can't fly being the result of Kentucky Bluegrass. The Ainu are not Japanese and are not in any way related to the Australian Aborigines any more than the Japanese are related to the Massai.
Sonoraman 2 years ago 2
My dad was one of them that supported those guys from the air, he was in the RA Air force at the time. They flew in supplies from Townsville. Tough times. I've got some pictures scanned of the airforce base and the guys there at the time, maybe they'd be worth sending somewere.
wizendowl 2 years ago
Bloody proud to be Australian!!
aussieinandalusia 2 years ago
ME TOO MATE ;)
Tassietroutfisherman 2 years ago
iam so happy 2 be an aussie
jordieboi1992 2 years ago
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aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi
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jordieboi1992 2 years ago
What I wanted to emphasise was that Aussie soldiers were one of the bravest during the whole WWII. Poles were maybe as brave as Aussies, but unfortunately they had little time to prove it, being defeated in the first months of war.
Wajlonis 2 years ago
mate the Poles fought on right through the war in Tobruk with the Aussies, the air over Europe, Italy, D-Day and a huge army from the East with the Russians through to Berlin. They were and are great allies to us.
hilrush 2 years ago