Comments by "Andy Dee" (@AndyViant) on "American Reacts to What is ANZAC Day? On ANZAC Day!" video.

  1.  @paindude69  I was at work. I drove 2100 km in 24 hours to do so, and went to work with just 4 hours sleep. I was not bitching about public health orders, mask requirements, or pretending I was somehow more free or more righteous than my other citizens. You wanna argue about it, meet me sometime. My grandad trained both snipers and hand to hand combat for the Australian Army. We follow the tradition. Nuff said.
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  2. "If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it." -Erwin Rommel.
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  3. Just in case you are wondering who the Doom Slayer is, it's Steve Irwin.
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  4. Worth noting that despite the entrenched positions of the Turks the NEW ZEALAND troops actually attained the heights of Chunuk Bair and Hill 60 against basically no odds on 8th August. Had they been supported properly to hold it (against heavy odds) that would probably have won the Gallipoli Campaign. The problem wasn't ANZAC bravery it was UK management. Until they put Monash in charge of the ANZACs we were just cannon fodder.
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  5. Worth watching Battle Scars by Guy Sebstian on Home Front as a background to this
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  6. Technically, not quite. AIF soldiers sent outside of Australian Territory legally had to be volunteers in WW1 and WW2 (although not Vietnam). But there was a loophole. The infamous situation of the "Chocos". "Chocos" were not a racist slander, nor a breakfast cereal, but a derogatory term used by volunteer Australian Infantry to deride the conscripted militias. (it's not race related, they were expected to melt like chocolate in the heat of battle). These undertrained and under resourced conscripts were a sent to face absolute hell during the Kokoda campaign. New Guinea was after WW1 considered home territory to Australia until we granted the Papua New Guinea people independence in 1975. Some covered themselves with glory, such as the 39th Battalion. Some less so ahem 53rd Battalion. As such, it was part of Australia and militia could be conscripted to be sent there, in some of the most underdeveloped part of the world. Even in WW2 cannibal headhunters were common in New Guinea.Yet the locals, having been exposed to Japanese atrocities willingly supported the Australian soldiers and many died supporting our troops, even suffering horrific tortures to protect Australian soldiers. The 39th suffered massive casualties in Kokoda. In the end, with 7 officers and 25 men out of the entire battalion it was ignomiouly absorbed. A normal battalion numbers around 1000 troops if you need to know. So 32 out of that. You think they melted in the heat of battle? Everyone around the world , not just Australia, needs to know the story of the chocos, and how willing the average Aussie is to throw his life on the line for his mates. Never underestimate Australian courage and mateship.
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