Post by Sir John on Oct 3, 2013 21:04:18 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Milne_Bay
My FiL was in the middle of this, the FIRST land defeat of the Japanese Army in the Pacific War. MY FiL said to me that "the 2 weeks of Milne Bay were far more intense than the 8 months of Tobruk".
Of the 36 Australians captured at Milne Bay, ALL were murdered, and from that battle onwards, very few POWs were taken.
SJ
My FiL was in the middle of this, the FIRST land defeat of the Japanese Army in the Pacific War. MY FiL said to me that "the 2 weeks of Milne Bay were far more intense than the 8 months of Tobruk".
Of the 36 Australians captured at Milne Bay, ALL were murdered, and from that battle onwards, very few POWs were taken.
SJ
