Not sure if we would have won Midway without Coral Sea....but we could have let the Japanese have Australia for a season. I don’t think the Aussies ever recovered from the Boer War. They forgot how to be men.
You probably mean WWI or WWII.
Australia was still a great place, with much more limited government, until the late 1970s.
Still is a great place, but the government has become quite intrusive, and is on the edge of being actively hostile to the rural culture and Christians.
As far as I can see, it is from the domination of the culture and government by the coastal cities, and the rise of Progressive government from the late 1970’s on.
Most of Australian men went to war in WWII.
They became quite bitter that the UK was willing to cede 80% of Australia to the Japanese, at least during the war.
They became U.S. partisans when McArthur said no way. We keep Japs out of Australia altogether.
Americans were heros in Australia, up until the late 1970’s.
I was told it was hard for an American to buy a beer in an Australian pub before them. The Aussies would insist on buying it for him.
Do not think those who fought on the Kokoda Track forgot how to be men.
“I don’t think the Aussies ever recovered from the Boer War. They forgot how to be men.”
That’s kinda harsh. And, I can’t agree with that. I’m a Vietnam vet, served in the Central Highlands and there was an Aussie Special Op’s Team in our AO. Must say they had no issue with engaging Charles, a rowdy bunch for sure. And, by what I’ve read about them in Iraq and Afghanistan they go out on patrol with our troops and handle themselves quite well. Of the so called Coalition Forces deployed over there the Aussies and Brits are looked upon most favorably.