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Australia in WW2
Questions regarding Australia's participation in World War 2, in both the European and Pacific theaters of the war.
1,674 Questions
How were POWs treated in the Kokoda campaign?
As the Japanese had no remorse or care for the prisoners they were kept in the mud and grim and abused. most died of malnutrition and the ones that escaped were shot. popsicle stick pie fruit.
Who was involved in the Siege of Tobruk?
British forces based on four Australian brigades with British army support; and German-Italian force.
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Who is Kakashis enemy 4 etertinty?
Not really an enemy more as a person he competes with daily to surpass, and the answer to that is his friend Might Guy
What methods were used by the Australian public to oppose the Vietnam War?
Well, Viet Nam was not a dark & dirty chapter in Aussie history. Their involvement was short, sweet, & to the point. In other words, they were proud of their troops, & their role in it. They were allies, not running the show. So - not a lot of protesters. Self immolation was kind of a Buddhist thing, anyway. ---------------------------------------------------------- There were 3 main methods used:
1. The Draft Resistor Union
The Draft Resistor Union formed in 1968, held a place for draft resistors to hide out, draft resistors regularly shifted from place to place to keep away from the law. Draft resistors were people who have been chosen for war and are trying to avoid military service. They often went to universities so they can talk about what they were doing, held lectures and what they were protesting about and why. Universities were sanctuaries so the police weren't able to arrest them there The Draft Resistor Union often went to protests, public and union meetings to speak of why it the war and how conscription would affect Australia and why it was bad.
2. The SOS Movement
The Save Our Sons Movement, an anti-conscription group which was initiated by Joyce Golgerth and Pat Ashcroft at a meeting in Sydney on 5 June 1965. The organistation consisted of grandmothers, mothers and young women who joined together to voice their disagreement to the conscription of the young men and sons being slaughtered in Vietnam. The SOS Movement took a very active part in moratoriums; they protested outside Long Bay Goal, attended court hearings and spread leaflets of politicians being held responsible for sending conscripts to their deaths.
3. The Moratorium Campaign
The Moratorium Campaign consisted of the public and how their opinions turned against the Vietnam war through the media, they saw pictures and videos captured in during the Vietnam war it was then when the public started to realize how the war was affecting the young soldiers who were conscripted to this horrific mess, Jim cairns, a member of the Moratorium campaign ordered a complete stop to allow negotiations by protesting and persuading.
Yes. In fact, there are rats on every continent except Antarctica (Greenland doesn't have rats either).
Yes, it was for a car company
What firsts happened while JFK was President?
He was shot by his own people in the usa not by lee Harvey oswold
Who was forced to march in the bataan death march?
Filipino and American soldiers whom were prisoners of the Japanese
What are ten facts about Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War?
1. Australian fighter pilots flew US F-4 Phantom jet fighter bombers in the Vietnam War. 2. For the allied side, Australians operated the only NON-US tank in Vietnam, the British built 50 ton Centurion tank. 3. Australia "also" sent conscripted men to fight in Vietnam (NON-volunteers). 4. Royal Australian Navy warships fired over 100,000 rounds of 5" gun fire, while serving on the "GUN LINE." 5. Royal Australian warships, Destroyers sailed approximately 400,000 miles during their combat operations in Vietnam. 6. One Australian destroyer, HMAS Perth was "hit" by a North Vietnamese shore battery. One Australian serviceman was killed. 7. Four Australian warships served on the "Gun Line" in Vietnam: The destroyers; HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Hobart, HMAS Vendetta, and HMAS Perth. 8. The destroyer, HMAS Vendetta, was the ONLY Australian built warship (destroyer) to serve in the Vietnam War. 9. The destroyer HMAS Vendetta fired approximately 13,000 5" shells while serving on the GUN LINE. 10. The Australian Royal Navy lost 8 Officers and men killed in the Vietnam War. Two of which were killed after a US jet aircraft accidently attacked the HMAS Hobart. HMAS Hobart was responding, along with the US cruiser USS Boston, to a US Navy "Swift Boat", that had been attacked and sunk off of the DMZ by possible North Vietnamese attack helicopters. US aircraft responded, with the resulting friendly fire (fratricide).
they experienced new terrain in papua and new ginea. they were demoralised by watching their frinds get killed and they were sadened. they also experienced wet weather constantly, long days, hot days and cold nights, they were scared and often dehydrated. many aussies were left with psycalogical problems after the ww2.
How did World War 2 affect Australia after World War 2 was over?
As a result of WW2 many displaced people in Europe immigrated to Australia and Australia started to turn into a cosmopolitan society that contributed to world affairs far more readily,rather then an isolated xenophobic backwater.
Was Port Moresby within Japanese control in 1942?
No, they attempted to capture it by a sea invasion, defeated by the Battle of the Coral Sea, and an overland invasion from Buna, defeated in the battle of the Kokoda Track.
