[ltc8k6]

I had never heard of it, and I am a WW2 buff...

It sounds a bit like commenting on Bataan...

[truthguy]

I had never heard of it, and I am a WW2 buff...

Then read up on it and you will be amazed at what the Australians did. And you will wonder why it took so long to hear about. We know a lot about the War the British were involved in in North Africa (many Aussies there as well) and we know of the Battle of Britain and other parts of the war where the US was not directly involved. But we don't hear much about the battle of New Guinea in which the Aussies were hugely involved. I'm sure there are many great stories to tell and I wonder why Hollywood has not made more movies about this aspect of the war.

They made a garbage movie called Australia a couple of years back but why don't they make a good one? This is a story that needs to be told. Given a good scrip, it would make an epic movie. Are you listening Spielberg?