Post by legionnaire on Aug 22, 2008 19:01:08 GMT -5
the 39th Australian Infantry battalion, "Australia's Thermopylae".
This reminds me of another forgotten battle 3 months before this battle with more than twice the combatants with the defenders wore the same WWI helmets and fought the same enemy in the same kind of jungle!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpSQ1CCLu0k&feature=related
(ignore the rock music edited in)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPJ9y0n2_rw&feature=related
(bewarned ending of this clip is horrific)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDEX2Bkj6No&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=egdGJ7QLa-0&feature=related
This reminds me of another forgotten battle 3 months before this battle with more than twice the combatants with the defenders wore the same WWI helmets and fought the same enemy in the same kind of jungle!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpSQ1CCLu0k&feature=related
(ignore the rock music edited in)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPJ9y0n2_rw&feature=related
(bewarned ending of this clip is horrific)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDEX2Bkj6No&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=egdGJ7QLa-0&feature=related