[truthguy]

Most Americans think the war in the Pacific was an almost total American affair. Not so by a long shot. We could not have had a better ally than Australia. The Australian Troops were some of the best troops in WW2. Their heroic battle on the Kokoda Trail is a part of the Pacific Campaign that most Americans don't know about but should. If the Japanese could not have been turned back by the determined Australian Troops, Port Moresby would have fallen along with all of New Guinea. It could have been a disaster if that happened. But it didn't happen and this is story that needs more attention. In a way it was as important as Guadalcanal.

Does anyone on FR know of any movies made about this battle? If so, I'd like to check them out.

[naturalman1975]

There's a 2006 Australian movie called Kokoda. Pretty good.

[ltc8k6]

I had never heard of it, and I am a WW2 buff...

It sounds a bit like commenting on Bataan...

[Leisler]

A bit off, but a grate book, Quartered Safe Out Here (1992),george macdonald fraser, a memoir of his experiences as an infantryman in the Border Regiment during the Burma Campaign of World War II.