NavyDiver
2nd November 2017, 06:55 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPzKFFR7HLw&list=PLYnBEb50PSApQ9FMLT51sDfn CvEA41Pwl&index=3
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Brigade Hill - Papua New Guinea | Australian Army (https://www.army.gov.au/our-history/history-in-focus/brigade-hill-papua-new-guinea)Veteran’s from the 2/14th call the engagement at the saddle a ‘bayonet attack’ with the brave men’s reaction like Breton Langridge cool and calm response to the order when he realised the futility of the attack, recorded in the documentary ‘Kokoda, The Bloody Track’.
Kokoda recaptured | Australian Army (https://www.army.gov.au/our-history/history-in-focus/kokoda-recaptured)The Kokoda campaign cost the Australians more than 450 lives, while several thousand were wounded and suffered from sickness and disease. The Japanese thrust southwards was curtailed by their own difficulties in resupplying their troops, combined with the fading fortunes of their forces on Guadalcanal. For the Allies, protecting Port Moresby ensured that the lines of communication between Australia and the United States remained open, and Australia’s northern cities were protected from the threat of aerial attack that might have occurred had the Japanese captured the Papuan capital.
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Brigade Hill - Papua New Guinea | Australian Army (https://www.army.gov.au/our-history/history-in-focus/brigade-hill-papua-new-guinea)Veteran’s from the 2/14th call the engagement at the saddle a ‘bayonet attack’ with the brave men’s reaction like Breton Langridge cool and calm response to the order when he realised the futility of the attack, recorded in the documentary ‘Kokoda, The Bloody Track’.
Kokoda recaptured | Australian Army (https://www.army.gov.au/our-history/history-in-focus/kokoda-recaptured)The Kokoda campaign cost the Australians more than 450 lives, while several thousand were wounded and suffered from sickness and disease. The Japanese thrust southwards was curtailed by their own difficulties in resupplying their troops, combined with the fading fortunes of their forces on Guadalcanal. For the Allies, protecting Port Moresby ensured that the lines of communication between Australia and the United States remained open, and Australia’s northern cities were protected from the threat of aerial attack that might have occurred had the Japanese captured the Papuan capital.