Yesterday was my documentary night. Besides what was already on ABC, I borrowed the documentary “Pozieres” from the local library. Pozieres was where the Australian soldiers were fighting on the Western Front during the Somme Battle of World War I.
It was an excellent documentary and good history lessons for me. There were a lot of facts that stirred my emotions.
Some example: of the 60,000 who attacked on the first day of the Somme Battle 40,000 died that same day. General Haig considered it was a reasonable lost, and ordered for the the attack to continue the next day with what was left, and the next day for the next 6 months.
Aboriginal soldiers who volunteered to fight were citizen of no country.
During the war, towns with German names in Australia were renamed.
John Curtin who was against conscription during WWI introduced conscription when he was prime minister during WWII.
The prime minister Billy Hughes created the AFP (Australian Federal Police) because the Queensland police refused to obey his order to arrest someone who threw an egg at him.
Australians of German origin were kept in detention during the war and deported after the war.
Etc.
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Our government has not progressed much, has it?
Some people do not take any lesson from history. No only do they repeat the same mistakes they make even worse mistakes.
I just corrected some gramatical mistakes on this post after rereading it.
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