There were numerous factors that contributed to the overall victory of the Allies on the Kokoda track. Assistance from the native New Guinea people‚ nicknamed the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels‚ greatly contributed to the Allied victory at Kokoda as well as AIF troops who arrived in Papua New Guinea to assist the militia battalions after being recalled from the Middle East and General MacArthur becoming supreme commander of the Allied forces in the Pacific‚ along with Prime Minister John Curtin’s timely and
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controlled France. Over 6000 allied troops took part in the attack‚ and more that half were killed‚ wounded‚ or captured. The battle only lasted nine hours. Even though the raid was a failure‚ it taught the Allies important things about planning and carrying out an attack‚ and helped the Allies succeed on D-Day‚ June 6th 1944‚ with the invasion of Normandy. If Canada had not made the sacrifice at Dieppe‚ these lessons would not have been learned and the invasion of Normandy could have turned out to
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The First World War‚ at the time known as the ‘war to end all wars’‚ owes much of its horror and length to the slow and laborious aspect of the offensive during it‚ which makes it difficult to understand the precise reason for it finishing in an allied victory in 1918 and not in any of the previous years. Any number of events could have brought about the end of the war or the capitulation of one of the main protagonists‚ such as the Battle of the Somme‚ Verdun or even as early as the Battle of the
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“Dunkirk was a miracle of deliverance” From the 27th of May to the 4th of June‚ there were the nine days of evacuation of British‚ French‚ Belgian and Dutch soldiers alike. They were trapped in the small town of Dunkirk due to the port that was there. After waiting for days‚ the majority were eventually rescued by a combination of naval vessels and civilian boats as well as fishing boats and ferries. It is regarded as a great victory for the British as it saved many lives although a military victory
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Jan. 1923: Invasion of the Ruhr The Ruhr is one of Germany’s most valuable industrial and mining area. End 1922: Germany failed to pay reparations to France as part of TOV In response‚ the French occupied the Ruhr. Campaign of ‘passive resistance’ was Germany’s response and resulted in a decline in industrial productivity ‘Passive resistance’ affected Germany economy Weimar government still dedicated to maintain commitment to TOV o Reparation bill: US $32 billion Instead
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JJ Selwyn IV DJM AUH ESSAY – WORLD WAR II How significant a contribution did Australian troops make to the course and outcome of World War II? During World War II‚ of the 7 million people who lived in Australia‚ 550 000 served overseas in the armed forces. While this was a high proportion of the population and they all fought bravely in battle‚ it still can not be said that their efforts made a significant contribution to the course and outcome of the war. In campaigns such as Tobruk and El Alamein
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is here that we first meet Captain Miller (Tom Hanks). Despite heavy losses to the German machine gunners‚ a small group secures a foothold on the beach. After wave upon wave of Allied troops pour onto the beach‚ the Germans retreat enough for the Allies to set up a base. The wartime scene in France then cuts away to an office in Washington D.C.‚ where women are writing letters of condolence to the mothers of deceased soldiers. One woman finishes a letter and then looks at the name and proceeds to
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and began the inevitable decline and eventual defeat of Germany and her Central Powers allies. To begin it is necessary to briefly outline the nature and objectives of the battle itself. The Battle of the Somme was an epic battle that lasted from 1st July 1916 till the winter of the same year. It began with an 8 day bombardment of the German trenches‚ in which over 1 million shells were fired. The allies then proceeded to send wave after wave of men forward in a sustained but ultimately futile
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