Looks like posts go to the home page. Wonder how I add a post to a different page? How about a picture. Just tried to save one to here. Wasn’t my photo so failed security check. Successfully selected one of my photos, uploaded it, but it does not appear here.
First post attempt
December 18th, 2008 by hygy1 · No Comments · Uncategorized
This is a first attempt at a post. I cannot see from here just what page this post will link to.
Battle for Australia?
August 25th, 2008 by hygy1 · No Comments · World War 2
Australians in December 1941 had every reason to believe that the Japanese forces would invade Australia. The Japanese military launched attacks throughout the Pacific area, especially in South East Asia, in December 1941. No force had been able to stand up against them successfully. The United States Pacific fleet was sunk. Forces were in retreat in the Phillipines and Malaya. Australia’s forces were mostly in North Africa and few remained to defend our island continent. By the end of February 1942 the Australian 8th Division was destroyed, the British capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk and the “unsinkable battleship”, Singapore Island, was in Japanese hands.
How, when and where would the Japanese forces ever be stopped?
Yes, The Battle for Australia is somewhat of a misnomer. The Japanese government planned on an Asia for the Asians, free of Europeans. They had no real desire to capture Australia, and by mid-1942 they did not have the necessary forces. Yet it was necessary for Australian propaganda purposes to continue the idea that, “The Japanese are coming south!”
The current Australian government’s desire to raise the awareness of the battles of Australian forces in the Pacific is to be lauded. Let’s not get too picky about the headline name.
Radcliff
Tags: Australia·Military·World War 2
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August 25th, 2008 by hygy1 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
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