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Originally Posted by Targan
Wow, when you put it like that, I look back on all those ANZAC Day marches I watched with Royal Australian Navy veterans of the Pacific war marching with their medals and battle honours and wonder what the hell they were doing in the parades. Must have been imposters with fake medals and such.
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Didn't we just go through this idiocy in another topic?
Yes, Targan, The Australians fought. No dispute on that. We acknowledge that Australians fought with valiance and panache in New Guinea, Bougainville, the Solomons, Malaysia, Burma, as well as across North Africa and Europe. We acknowledge that the RAN fought too throughout; the USS
Canberra was named in honor of the HMAS
Canberra that fought and died alongside the US Navy at the Battle of Savo Island (Aug, 1942). We acknowledge that RAAF aircraft flew over all of these places, including Guadalcanal. We even acknowledge that given the scale of available naval assets, population, and cost of replacement, Australia's losses in combat were probably more costly to Australia than US losses in the Pacific.
I AM DELIBERATELY
NOT POSTING STATISTICS OF TONNAGE OR KIA/WIA VS POPULATION BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE POINT.
"All by itself" was an exaggeration, as you are intelligent and knowledgeable enough to know, I'll wager.
"Mostly by itself" is not, as you are also intelligent and knowledgeable enough to know.
Uncle Ted