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Bombing of Darwin Day (19 February)

Today (19 February) officially commemorates a significant event in Australia’s history – the first time since European settlement that Australia came under attack – the largest ever mounted by a foreign power against Australia. Many will know of the 7 December 1941 attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor during World War II. I suspect […]

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Movies: World War II 1939AD -1945AD (Part I)

  1939 Battle of the River Plate (2006) (Peter Merritt) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0875504/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl On December 13th 1939, the first great naval battle of World War II took place off the coast of Uruguay. Known as the ‘Battle of the River Plate’, it set as rivals two great naval officers in a deadly psychological duel.   1940 The […]

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