It's nearly ANZAC Day! We still don't fully know what all that entails. However, we thought we would look into a brief episode of the ANZACS in World War 2! We had a little bit of knowledge of the ANZACS coming into this episode. Please let us know if we got anything wrong. The Australian and New Zealand Soldiers are NOT to be messed with and certainly deserve more credit Worldwide! Could we have defeated the axis of evil without the ANZACS? It's a pretty simple answer! Thank you to ALL Military allies of the USA! We hope you enjoyed this glimpse into the ANZACS in WWII. Let us know if you learned anything. If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
Aussies and Kiwis take the piss out of each other, 364 days a year. But not on ANZAC day. For this Kiwi, its the only public holiday that means anything. I'll be raising a glass or two, in the direction of Australia that day.
@@stuartgarfatth1448 Thanks mate, for the reply and of course more for your service. I have not served. But my English Grandad was captured as a POW and managed to escape :-)
Lets face it our NZ brothers will always be special to us Aussies. I always remind others when I watch videos that us Aussies are not ANZAC's alone, we share that honour with NZ. So I raise my glass to the NZ soldiers who stood beside us, cried with us, died with us, ate with us. Bless you New Zealand you will always be Australia's brothers.
I'm proud Australian on my mother's side and proud Kiwi (New Zealander) on my Dad's side.. both are military families.. my grandfather flew in the RAAF and my other grandfather served in the Maori Battalion in Gallipoli (one of the very few survivors) and both my grandmother's held the fort at home. Thank you for reacting to this. We love our ANZAC's. We love our allied friends. 👍🇦🇺
Great respect. My grandfather had a farm in the south east of South Australia during WW2. He was “given” an Italian POW to help on his farm. He became part of the family. They called him big Pete and my aunts still talk highly about him. That taught me an important lesson that countries may hate each other but people from those countries can love each other.
My father in law had an Italian prisoner of war working on his farm. After the war he was sent back to Italy but came back and they became partners in fishing trawlers. They were best friends until death.
i had a book about a pom captured in africa and ended up a POW in italy. he escaped and was posted to WA. one of his jobs was picking up italian POWs from the farms they worked at, as in remove them. they would get romantic with one of the girls, farmers daughter etc, so they'd have to wait for the girl to leave the property then swoop in. if the girl got suspicious they'd have to fight her as well.
@@danielponiatowski7368 Farmers had what were called 10 pound poms who came out and worked on the farms. My dad had a couple when we were young but not when we got older. That might be why. 🤣😂 He had 3 daughters.
My Grandmother grew up on a farm in NSW with Italian POWs helping out. Apparently they'd drive themselves to there and back to the camp with a CMF guard who was some old boy from the WW1. When he dozed off they'd use his .303 to shoot rabbits and roos for meat (which they shared with Nan and her siblings) and pick off a few foxes. When it was time to go they'd wake up their guard and head back to camp!
I'm a Kiwi and my great-grandfather served in the NZ Army in WW2 as a medic. My brother wore his medals in Turkiye at the ANZAC commemorations at Anzac Cove yesterday for the dawn service at Gallipoli ( my brother is an active duty medic)
My great grandfather also served in WW2, I can't remember all the details, but I do know he got taken as a prisoner of war when thousands of Nazi Germans parachuted down and took over, and managed to come back home alive
Hey from a kiwi, thank you for pointing eyes in the direction of the little allied countries that gave so much. Australia and New Zealand made a stand besides the bigger armies of the U.K and U.S and with that we banded together along with our other friends and beat the evil. So I would like to say sorry for every family who has lost a loved one in any battle for the allied. Thank you to everyone who has served and fought against the evil in this world.
Exactly. I thank the Kiwis and the Aussies and all the smaller allied countries for their service in WWII and in following conflicts. My country has given so much alongside NZ and Aus, but we are rarely given credit.
Remembrance Day is on the 11th November, the whole country stops at 11am in their respective locations to remember our fallen Military. It starts by a bugler playing The Last Post, then one minute of silence before the bugler finishes. Ode of Remembrance They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Response: We will remember them Lest we forget 😢
@@ianmontgomery7534 11/11 was the end of WW1, but Remembrance Day now "remembers " all who died in all subsequent wars/conflicts/police actions up to the present day.
Remembrance Day was originally called armistice day, representing the signing of the armistice at the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month being the end of the First World War. All RSLs stop at 11am and 11 pm to read the ode.
The Australian Army wear slouch hats made by Akubra Hats. One side of the hat is always turned up for military drill purposes. During WW2, all Commonwealth Forces were fighting for King and Empire.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel when asked his thoughts on the Australian and New Zealand soldiers said that if he had to storm the gates of hell he would send the Australians to take them and the New Zealanders to hold them.
Rommel also said trying to dislodge the Aussies and Kiwis from Tobruk was like trying to get rid of rats - impossible. The troops thought this was great so they called themselves The Rats of Tobruk.
@@corinnecowper1339 And 9,000 Brits there too. Don't also forget, when the great bulk of the ANZACS were withdrawn after their heroic stand, they were replaced by a few Polish and Czech units but primarily by British 70th Division who broke out of Tobruk and pushed Rommel back in a pincer movement where they met up with the excellent 2nd New Zealand Division. Both took heavy casualties in this successful operation. 6 months later, when the defences were weakened and 70th and 2nd were sent elsewhere, Tobruk was taken back by the Germans when it was no longer deemed to be strategically of such importance ironically, after all the efforts of the ANZACS and 70th Division.
You should look into an Australian/New Zealand 2nd WW hero. Her name is Nancy Wake she was born in NZ, her family moved to Australia when she was a child. She was high on the NAZI wanted list and they called her the white mouse because she was forever elusive with them trying to capture her. I won't say anymore but she is an inspiration to all women for her heroic feats.
Had never heard of her until l saw a story of her life. An extraordinary woman and braver than l can even imagine. Deserves far more fame than she has.
We had Nancy Wake as a guest speaker at a mess dinner (Navy, mid 90's). Looked like a frail little old woman. Until "question time" at the end. Some tosser said "Don't you feel regrets at how many people you killed??" She changed in an instant. Her eyes flashed, and she said "They were evil butchers, they tortured and killed my husband. Regrets? I regret I didn't get rid of MORE of them......." Fair dinkum, I reckon she could have sorted that bloke out with the pussers butter knife she had on the table in front of her. But she calmed down. Afterwards we had drinks and mingled, was able to talk to her. She was quiet and polite, just like a typical old Aussie grandma. What an amazing woman. What an amazing life.
My grandpa was one of the Rats of Tobruk, we didn't know until after he passed as it was rare for him to talk about his experiences and he died when my dad was still a young boy. He remembers his dad talking about being dug into tunnels under the ground and tanks basically roll over the top of them. It wasn't till later we found out what an absolute legend he was.
Hey Guys, As a person who served our country (Australia) you will never truly appreciate what it means to us when someone Thanks us for our service, even though we may not show it outwardly. So thank you both
Danger Close - movie about the Battle Of Long Tan. 108 Aussies fought off 2500 Vietnamese, thanks largely to Kiwi artillery and them busting their arses to help. The Tobruk thing as an Aussie - the Kiwis fought like lions to get to the Aussies.
You are clearly a Kiwi but you failed to mention the landings of the kiwis on the north end of the peninsular that nearly won the battle for the allied forces. They were a bees d1ck from taking the top of the ridge and had routed the turks when Ataturk rallied the troops to save the day. There are also accounts of the Maori kiwis in North Africa moving under the cover of darkness close to the German lines and lobbing grenades (I hear that was their fav weapons of choice).
In Australia the joke most likely comes from Tasmania once being left off the Olympic uniform. The joke is very local. Australians also tend to joke in serious matters & is not seen as disrespectful. ANZAC day morning is a very reverential time. Followed by another religious event an Aussie Rules game. Aussies & Kiwis are like brothers who fight & pick on each other, but anyone or anything else comes at them they unite.
What an inspiring clip. So glad you did this one ladies. Thank you so much To all of the men and women in all of our allied forces, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 🌎
Great to see this. I'm a Kiwi. Both my grandfather and great grandfather served in WW1. Great grandfather was a dog fighter in a sopworth camel. Shit down twice and survived both. Grandfather was artillery at the Somme in the trenches. Proud of these men, my children get up for dawn parade every ANZAC day and wear their medals with pride. Great uncles were captured by the Japanese in WW2. Proud of all these men, will never let them be forgotten.
When we visited Australia and New Zealand 6 years ago, we made sure to pay our respects at the appropriate memorials in the towns and cities we visited. Great respect for the contributions of both nations in all the conflicts they have fought alongside the UK - not forgetting Canada, South Africa and Rhodesia as well, and also the Irish soldiers and sailors in WW1. One small correction - the narrator refers to “fighting for the Queen” in WW2: our monarch then was King George VI, the late Queen was crowned in 1953 after ascending to the throne in 1952, so a bit of confusion there!
I'm a Kiwi and I have relatives that have served in the various wars, My Grandfather Did Gallipoli, and then 3 of my Uncles did WW2 and when they went to War my Grandfather Cried as He knew what they were heading for, my Uncle John was in North Africa, Battle of Casino and was sent to Japan post War ( he is still alive and is 101 YO, he had a broken hip for his 100 BDay ), my Uncle Arthur and Uncle Walter both were Navy. My Uncle Peter was in Malaysia. My Dad's sister was married to a RNZAF Pilot in WW2. My brother served in the NZ Army and did his Apprenticeship to be a Chef and did his overseas service in Singapore, my younger brother didn't do any military service but he served the USA Marines in Antartica as Galley Hand ( Kitchen Hand ). All my relatives that went to the front line all came home alive. As a teenager I did time with Air Training Corp a Teen division of the RNZAF.
I am a proud Australian my Father (to whom I an especially proud) defended Drawin from the first air raid for the next five years. He was wounded in on of the air raids. He certainly saw a lot of action in Darwin. My dad's brothers also fought Two were "Rats of TrobrooK" while two more were in New Guinea, Rabaul and Borneo so I am proud of them all we are here today because of their deeds in the in these war actions. Thank you to the service men who served.
My Dad was an RNZAF pilot flying Lancaster bombers for the RAF. He never spoke of it until the Christmas before he died. Can't imagine what it must've been like for a farm boy from rural South Island NZ, to be taken to the other side of the planet at just 20 years old, and then flying each night in the cold and dark, with each flight losing people you knew. BTW, fairly large error in the vid you watched: Nobody flew for the Queen. Princess Elizabeth was only 13 when the war started. They fought for the King
I just spotted that one as well. The Queen was around for so many years, it's become second nature to refer to her. Still finding it difficult to refer to Charles as the King
Thank you, I heard that egregious error too. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, would have been horrified to have her husband, King George VI, so disrespected.
You might like "Flying Through The Gates Of Hell" or similarly named, can't remember. Meet the author when I passed IOE for QantasLink (Sunstate) in Brisbane, great bloke. He got the DFC with a RAAF Squadron on Lancasters but said by 1943/44 it was just a mixed bag of RAF/RAAF/RZNAF/Saffers etc. Horrific tales but some inspiring ones, very gritty to. He gets quite into detail about his dealings with the women of the local village! Also writes nasty shit like a tail gunner from Scotland copping a 20mm from a night fighter to the gut, didn't see him until 4 hours later after they landed.
My husband and I visited the USA a few years ago he is a gulf veteran we were blown away the first time Americans said thank you for your service to him
Yes to Remembrance Day in Australia. Specifically focusses on WW 1 like it does in the UK and NZ. Australians and New Zealanders were always volunteers. In WW2, Sydney harbor attacked by submarines, Darwin, Broome, Horn Island, Townsville, Mossman Wyndham all attacked by air - some frequently. In fact, the first air raid on Darwin was composed of more aircraft than attacked Pearl Harbor.
Thank you Natasha and Debbie for your kind words about Tassie. Alec Campbell who was the last Anzac and last surviving participant of the Gallipoli campaign came from Tasmania. He died in 2002 at the age of 103 Alec enlisted in 1915 after he lied about his age saying he was 18 but he was in fact only 16 his parents did sign a permission form allowing him to enlist. We celebrate Anzac Day in a number of ways many people (numbers have been increasing) attend a dawn service held at 6am they are held all over the country including major cities, suburbs and small towns. There is another major service at 11am and usually includes a march with current and ex servicemen and women. Anzac Day is a national public holiday and most shops will close until 1pm as a mark of respect we use this day to thank our current and ex servicemen and women. We also celebrate Remembrance Day on the 11/11 with a service and a minute silence at 11am.
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow my husband served with the Australian Army for 25 years and is still friends with some American servicemen he meet in Iraq. He talks of the great snacks that he could get in the American mess and often says the food was better in the American mess 😉. This Anzac Day we are meeting up with an old friend who is still serving and having a breakfast BBQ before heading off to a 11am service in a small country town.
@@stephenanthony6508 Soldiers from all parts of Australia were some of “the best” (and some were the worst…we often like to think of all Aussies as virtuous but there are a few who don’t pass muster).
I was brought up in Australia and remember the ANZAC marches through the town. People were so respectful and silent. My husband is ex RAF and still works as an engineering manager for two RAF training squadrons at the UK equivalent of your top gun training base. We visited family in Australia and he couldn't get over the facilities for ex service men. He gave his service number and had access to great subsidised food and alcohol. They respect their military a lot more than they do in the UK.
You girls are so cool. I love your respectful tone. ANZAC day next Tuesday has become our most significant holiday IMO. Listening to The Last Post before the footy starts with 100,000 people being silent brings a tear to the eye. Well done and congrats on your channel.
Much respect to you two ladies. Your respectful tone is so warm and spot on. ANZAC Day is Australia’s most important day that the whole country celebrates 🇦🇺🌺🌹🇦🇺
Thank you for this! My grandfather and his older brother both served in WW2. My grandfather's older brother was in the Maori battalion and my grandfather on my mother's side also served. My family has a long history in the military, including the SAS....THANK YOU SOOO MUCH
It comes as no surprise to me as a Brit that our Australian and New Zealander cousins are such tenacious and ferocious fighters. They are stubborn and strong willed in the best way and are always great company to keep. Salute to all the ANZAC personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice for all our freedoms.
The tradition of Anzac Day stemmed from the participation of Australian and New Zealand soldiers fighting as a combined force at Gallipoli in WW1. The word ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Anzac Day remembrance services always begin with a Dawn Service, as that is when the ANZAC first stepped ashore on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. The Dawn Service is followed later in the morning with ex-service and serving personnel, or their family representative, marching through their respective cities or towns; after the march, everyone can then meet up for food and booze with their mates.
They were not the only ones and that's a misconception that needs to change.... Britain lost more soldiers than any other of the Allies combined ffs but you would all think it was only NZ and Australia that were in the battle
I wasn't arguing, I didn't click "read more" to see your numbers. You said "Troops from other conflicts throughout the world who are in Australia are not only welcome to participate but actively do." Turks also commemorate ANZAC Day, both at Gallipolli and here in NZ (so I'm presuming also in Australia?), that's all I meant.
As an Australian veteran, I appreciate this awareness of our achievements. My father served in Crete and North Africa, then New Guinea and Borneo. I am so proud of him even after his passing many years ago.
As an import into New Zealand (I was born in the UK) I'm impressed by the strength of feeling of ANZAC day, I implore anyone that hasn't attended a ANZAC dawn parade to attend one I will be there again this year paying respects to ALL the fallen, giving thought to what they had to endure at that time and giving thanks that we don't have to do that today, remembering my friends and collages that are still on patrol never coming home on another note, yes Armistice day is also remembered too... My great uncle who emigrated to Australia in 1913 volunteered for the army and was taken all the way back to the UK - He did loose two days pay where he went AWOL to see his mum He was lucky, he survived and went home at the end, many wasn't so lucky
Armistice Day in NZ isn't remembered as much if you compare it to Australia!..In Ozzie like ANZAC Day it's a full turn out..NZ it's a small service in Auckland
I had a number of great-great Uncles who served in Gallipoli and Belgium in WW1 - some didn’t come home. One Grandfather served in Borneo and the other in Malaya in WW2. The latter was a POW in the Japanese camp Changi. He came home a frail man and died in his late forties, never really recovering. My Uncle served in Malaya and Vietnam. Dad was Army, his brother Navy and my cousin Air Force. So we take time on ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day to remember our family who served and their mates 🙏 There are a lot of Nurses and Police in our family, as we are all drawn towards service.
A. N. Z. A. C. Day is truly a day to mark the future freedom of us all. A very special day. Kiwis are very humble and have a tentancy to hide their achievements under a bush. Jane in New Zealand 🇬🇧🇳🇿
Its "Anzac" Day. A single word, not an Acronym. The acronym A.N.Z.A.C. was for the corps formed for the Gallipoli campaign, from Australian and New Zealand soldiers. Though the moniker Anzac has been used at other times when Australians and Kiwis served together.
@@dynevor6327 The official Australian government ruling is to use “Anzac” when referring to “Anzac Day”. The full caps ANZAC is used only to refer to the army formation itself (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) but not to describe the people and events associated with it. To put it simply use Anzac, (eg. 'Anzac Day', 'the Anzac legacy', 'Anzac biscuit', 'Anzac Avenue' etc) not ANZAC - unless you are specifically referring to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps as an army formation. The corps' designation was originally A. & N.Z.A.C. (The '&' got dropped and then so did the full stops.) I only added the full stops to my first reply for emphasis.
Watching this brought me to tears. We will never forget the bravery of our men and women to ensure we remained a free country with a great future. Cheers from Australia.
Thanks for that video . I'm a 49 year old 'Aussie' who has never HAD to go to war , like my forefathers . Makes me think (and hope) this world ain't so crazy nowadays .
I had one grandfather in WW1 and the other in WW2 and my husband was a Tunnel Rat in Vietnam. I’ve only missed one Dawn Service in the last 52 years. As well as Anzac Day on the 25th of April and Remembrance Day on 11th of November, I also observe Vietnam Veterans Day on the 18th of August.
So much respect for the Tunnel Rats. A few years ago l I visited the Cu Chi tunnels outside Ho Chi Minh City. There was a 100 metre section of the tunnel system that had been made safe for tourists to crawl through so they could get a sense what it was like. I barely got in as far as my waist before I had to give up and back out. I just couldn't do it. The sense of claustrophobia was overwhelming. My total respect for your husband and his colleagues.
Thank you for your husband's service. My husband was RAAF (Vietnam 66-67 & 69-70) and sometimes part of the 9 Sqn crew that dropped off troops sent clear the tunnels after the had been discovered. He said that there was no way he could have done what the Tunnel Rats did. They were often sent into dark, narrow tunnels with nothing more than a torch & a pistol, not knowing if they would encounter an enemy or a booby trap.
@@janemcdonald5372 from what I was told, although they carried a pistol they usually crawled through with a torch in one hand and a bayonet in the other so they could poke the dirt ahead of them for booby traps hidden below the surface. Scary stuff.
Hi ladies as a proud Australian I would like to return the sentiment and thank the American military for there service. I firmly believe if it was not for the American military the world would be in more of a shambles than it is. A Professional skilled military is the way to go. And I love the fact our forces work so closely with yours. Thank you both for an interesting channel.
In the Philippines, we have a Day of Valour (Araw ng Kagitingan) and is celebrated annually on april 9th... I totally get your ppoint and I agree with you that the military deserves respect, especially due to the fact that they are sacrificing their limbs, even their life, for the sake of freedom, justice, and democracy. Can't even imagine how good it is to feel, see, and hear everyone's expression of gratitude toward them. I'm not even an active soldier, I'm just a reservist, but I can feel how it must've felt for them, even for just a bit.
I’m a genealogist and particularly like researching family members military history, many who didn’t come back. I have Aussie and Kiwi relatives. I’m Very proud of all our boys. I do admire the American respect for your military. P.s. the ‘cowboy hat’ is called a slouch hat or Akubra ( brand name)
What many don't know is the Japanese also headed down the east coast of Australia to Sydney Harbour in their midget submarines. There was a mini battle and the submarines were sunk. The battle started from Newcastle where from Fort Scratchley they were headed off from entering the harbour as they moved down to Sydney. I'm not too aware of all the details. but we did manage to send their subs to the bottom of the ocean. Thanks for the video ladies.
Actually, the midget subs were carried on larger subs that posed problems for a while as well. As well as the midget sub raid in Sydney Harbor, the larger subs fired shells into Sydney suburbs, and sunk some ships. A number of books have been written about these events.
Three midget subs entered the harbour, two were sunk but one escaped back through the heads. They sunk the HMAS Kuttabul, which was used as accommodation for navy personnel and 21 men lost their lives.
Normally, red poppies are worn on Remembrance Day; while a sprig of Rosemary(which grew on Gallipoli Peninsula) on Anzac Day, but red poppies can also be worn on Anzac Day.
It is very much a sibling relationship between Australia and New Zealand. The histories are very intertwined and. if things had gone slightly different at Federation in 1901 (check on that, ladies), the two might have finished up as the same country. In fact, Australia's Constitution retains provision for NZ to merge with Australia IF it ever chooses to - nobody expects that to happen anytime soon., btw. :)
True. As a kiwi l always think of it as big brother little brother. We give each other heaps, especially at sport and steal each others stuff, like famous people, national dishes etc. But God help anyone who tries to harm one of us in the presence of the other.
You're correct that there was no conscription in Australia in WW1 - it was an all-volunteer force. In fact, the Government tried (twice) to introduce conscription during WW1 with national referendums, but the proposal was defeated both times. Interestingly, some of the strongest votes *against* conscription came from serving soldiers themselves. It's thought that they, having seen how awful it was in Gallipoli and France, didn't think that other men should be forced to experience the same against the will.
I love that you respect that, Anzac Day here in Australia is one of our biggest national Public Holidays. And yes we do commemorate Remembrance Day also and celebrate our Service Families and what they do for our country. Many family of mine have served here and in the Uk, no matter where you are from across the globe giving service, massive love. Just beautiful. I've hope one day you both can come and visit our beautiful country.
You are right, Aussies and Kiwi's do pick on each other but we are also the first to offer help when the other is in trouble. ANZAC day is to remember the sacrifice made by our soldiers, sailors and air force. Nov 11, Remembrance Day, is more of a day to commemorate the end of war. The pins and poppies that are sold for ANZAC day raise money for the care of our returned Veterans. As the daughter of a WW2 veteran may I say thank you to all those who have fought for nations all around the World.
Harry Murray was a highly decorated Aussie soldier from the Tasmanian town of Evandale. He was well known for his great bravery during his many years of service. He had a reputation for fighting even while injured, even leaving the hospital to go back and fight on before being fully recovered.
A fact many aren't aware of is that the Australian Army was the first to stop the Japanese and defeat them in a major land battle. Known as Milne Bay. Also worth mentioning the Battle of Tobruk where the Australians held Rommel's Afrika Corps off until relieved. by other Commonwealth units (including the Kiwis). Since WWII the ANZACs have formed and deployed many times. We rely on one another all the time and you can find many examples of Kiwis and Aussies making up task forces for Peace Keeping and other operations. The most notable recent operation was in Iraq where a combined Aussie and Kiwi Task Group trained the Iraqi Army. As a veteran myself I enjoy these sorts of reaction videos. I also appreciate your respectful and fun approach to topics - keep em' coming.
Please do more on this! My grand Koro Bill (my grandfather's brother) shared a story of them sharing their rations out to families of a town, then going 6 miles, behind enemy lines, to catch a pig and bring it back to base to cook it for the soldiers....NOW THAT'S EPIC!
you nailed it when you said we have a big brother/little brother relationship. We do all our fighting on the sports field, but if anybody messes with either of us in a military conflict hell yeah we're going to join together and support our brothers n sisters from "across the ditch" as we say
My grandfather was an ANZAC in WW1. Medal for bravery and was gassed twice in Belgium including when he gave up his gas mask to save a US soldier fresh to the battlefield who panicked and couldn’t put on his own gas mask. Was given the nickname Bloody George by his comrades- not because he was bloodthirsty but rather because he was always hungry so took risks to find food!
A lot of historians speak about the Rats of Tobruk, what is little known is the same solders helped with the actual first allied defeats of the Japs on battle at Milne Bay, Wua, Lae, Salamaua and Finschhafen and other parts of New Guinea. My Grandfather was a runner in the army in WW1 in France, he survived the war. My father was an aircraft weapons and instruments tech in WW2 in New Guinea and later helped with the US bombers in the Philippines. He passed away last year at age 98. Love you're work ladies.
Wow I did not know that unfortunately so much history not known like the Rats of Tobruk as the same soldiers in helping with defeating the Japs with these other battles thanks for sharing this important information
Each year, hundreds of Australians (+) travel to the dawn service in Gallipoli. Ladies, this video you may respect - the story of Gallipoli & the service itself. This amazing country, in thanks to soldiers who died in defence of their land & people, erected the most beautiful cemetery & lasting memorial to the fallen. The dawn service is televised in Australia 🇦🇺 every year.
The only fighting man to win two VCs was an ANZAC (New Zealander) - Captain Charles Upham VC and bar. He won his first in Crete in March 1941 and his second in the Western Desert in July 1942. An astonishing man. ( For clarification: the other two men to win two VCs, Arthur Martin-Leake and Noel Chevasse, were both doctors).
Captain Noel Chavasse won two VC’s in World War One. Surgeon Captain Arthur Martin-Leake won his first VC in 1902 during the Boer War. He treated a wounded soldier just 100 metres from the enemy’s line. He was shot and wounded by the Boers but continued treating men until he collapsed with exhaustion, having first ordered that the wounded received water before he did. Martin-Leake’s second VC was won in 1914 near Zoonebeke in Belgium. He was awarded his second VC as a result of showing conspicuous bravery near enemy lines rescuing men while under constant fire. Though these men were officers as was Charles Upham, they were fighting men and were often leading their men out of trenches into machine guns. Yes Arthur Martin Leake was a Surgeon and not an infantryman but he still went over the top with the "fighting Men"
It is great to see people from other countries taking an interest in our ANACS my father was in the RAAF in the korean war after that left the RAAF joined the Army then got sent to Vietnam
As A Veteran Of The Australian Army, Your Words Of Respect To The Allied Nations Means A Lot To Me. God Bless You Both And Keep On Learning. Lest We Forget
We really only have a rivalry with Aussie when it comes to sport (particularly Rugby and Rugby league), but beyond that, we are best mates and brothers (and sisters) in arms! I pay respect also to the rest of the allies, it was a team effort
Living as I do on the edge of Salisbury Plain I cannot ignore the presence and contribution of the ANZACs. Apart from those ANZAC troops who stayed behind in my local military cemetery they also left their mark (literally) in the countryside, just over the hill from my village there is a huge chalk figure of a Kiwi and on a hillside at Fovant on the road between Salisbury and Shaftsbury are a series of military cap badges carved into the hillside and the largest is that of the Australian Army Corps. These figures are made by removing the grass and the few inches of soil beneath to expose the bare white chalk bed rock beneath. There are many chalk figures in England from the ancient (and X rated) Cerne Abbas giant and Uffington White horse to the more 'modern' ones like the Kiwi fro 1919.
Those Italian prisoners of war were treated extremely well. They were billeted out to farms, and many of them returned to Australia after the war and became successful farmers themselves.
Hi guys, thank you for acknowledging the ANZACS. Darwin had about 657 bombs dropped on it in WWII and I think the bombings lasted for quite a few months. Also our greatest battleship of the time the HMAS Sydney was sunk with all hands by a German merchant ship converted into a warship off just north west of Australia. The photo at the beginning of your clip that showed an entire ship's crew was, I believe the crew of HMAS Sydney, all of whom were lost including my uncle LT Albert Byrne. Abby used to bring his sailor mates home to Brisbane and they would learn to dance 'using' Abby's sister (my Mum) for dance practice. One Aussie sailor survived and swam to a nearby island where he was buried by islanders. This is an unknown sailor. For many years endeavours have been made to identify him. They believe he may have been an Officer on the Sydney. My Mother was sent a DNA kit to see if the unknown sailor was her brother, but he wasn't. I don't think he has been identified. Strangely, most of the German soldiers survived the sinking of the Kormoran and were held as P.O.W.s in Western Australia.
Both sides used Q ships as they were known showing the colours of neutral or friendly countries and hoisting the true colours before any engagement only the Nazis were often a bit slow to reveal, waiting until the hidden now revealed guns and torpedo tubes had fired the first salvos. The Russians currently have so called 'Fishing Trawlers' operating in the North Sea between the UK and Norway, believed to be surveying underwater communication, power cables and gas pipes to cut them in the event of NATO entering the Ukrainian conflict.
The HMAS Sydney you are referring to wasn’t a battleship, it’s was a Light Cruiser, sunk with all hands by the German raider Kormoran off the coast of Carnarvon.
Bombs were dropped as far south of Darwin as far as Larrimah several hours drive down the track. Also Townsville and across about the Western Australia Northern coast. They nearly got in Australia via there and New Guinea. The Kokoda Track campaign was a last step they had to win to land on our shores. Look at this and how Australia planned to defend itself if it happened. Japan even had their plans ready for what they would do here. Even currency ready to go.
As @5RndsFFE mentioned, HMAS was a light cruiser, whereas the Battleship of the Fleet was HMAS Australia, the first ship in WWII hit by Kamikazies. After repair and as part of the liberation of the Philippines, it was attacked by 5 Kamikaze raids over three days.
ANZAC day is our day to remember the people that have given their lives and active service pers. this is our memorial day that you celebrate. BTW im an active member of the NZDF ....
Hello lovely ladies from the wilds of Central QLD. Short but quite informative vid but a bit too close to home. I'm now in my 60's & my dad was an El Alamein veteran & came back with pretty severe PTSD (though it wasn't called that back then). Strange, but back then the men were just expected to get on with life as if nothing had happened after all the killing & dying during the war. I also have inherited PTSD from that dammit & it sucks. As I get older I find myself becoming very weepy & the bloody Last Post reduces me to a blubbering mess every ANZAC day. As the sacred day draws ever closer it'd be great to see you do more on this oh so special day to both Kiwis & Aussies. Somewhere here I have an Italian bayonet captured by Dad when he took in a brace of Italian prisoners. Interesting he said that all the Italian prisoners had a white silk handkerchief in their pocket because their heart just wasn't in it under Mussolini
Only caught up with your channel in the last few days. It's great to see your enthusiasm for the UK and Australia. This video got me thinking about my dad, in WWII he was in the RAAF and was posted Dawin three weeks after the first Japanese bombing, months before he was on Horn Island which also suffered a lot of bombing, for the rest of his life he refused to buy a Japanese car. He was in a plane crash, got out uninjured, he always played down the incident, but in a book written by the pilot it was far more serious than dad ever said.
My great uncle Laurie was in the 39th infantry and was a veteran of Kokodo in WWII. There is a recording and transcript of an interview with him in the National Archives. The transcript was used by Peter Fitzsimons for his book Kokodo. Laurie appears as Smoky Howson in the book and the mini series and movie made of Peter's book. It's quite a funny read, as the Howsons were a large family full of what we call larrikins. Laurie recalls washing in a tub after doing the dishes, and he also mistook a Salvos flag for a Japanese one. Apparently also in the archives was a letter to his sweetheart (later wife) written on dunny paper. Debbie, my grandfather was also in the air force as a cook. Uncle Laurie always said that the only time had a decent feed during the war was when he visited my Grandpa. It's ANZAC Day (anniversary of Gallipoli landing) here next Tuesday and Rembrance Day (Armistice Day) is on November 11th. There is a lovely remembrance commemoration on ANZAC Day here in my local town. The local schools place Aussie flags at each veteran's grave in the local cemetery. It's really lovely to see.
The 39th are among the bravest of the brave. If Valhalla exists they must hold esteemed position. We need to ensure our society is worthy of their sacrifice.
My wife's dad was a "Rat of Torbruk" Then he was sent to PNG. My dad was also sent to PNG. Both around 1944. Naturally both came home. We are going on a cruise to Milne Bay, Rabaul & the Trobiands in 5 weeks to see where our parents were in WW2. Looking forward to the trip.
has a brit , i honestly think that with out the Anzacs in both world wars and more recent conflicts , the would have lost , so for that they have my upmost respect and greatest thanks, i celebrate anzac day every year !
I strongly recommend you check out something on the Kokoda Track Campaign from WWII. Fought in the highlands of New Guinea by Australian troops, vastly outnumbered by the invading Japanese, it was a pivotal moment in Australian military history. New Guinea at the time was an Australian territory, so technically we were invaded, and repelled those invaders, during the war.
Yes, we also have rememberance day (11/11). The ANZAC day AFL game is a bucket list event. With almost 110,000 people at the game, the atmosphere is electric. There is a minute's silence as part of the ANZAC commemorations & the crowd is respectfully silent. When the minute is over there is a huge roar from the crowd that is a mind blowing experience in itself. During my Australian Army service I had the privilege of going on exchange to New Zealand, where we were treated like family. The ANZAC bond is strong, even to this day.
@@james_tiberius_kirk73 I have got the Rommel papers mate. Also studied Rommel for years. If anyone can give me a reference for the quote go ahead! He did value the Anzacs tho
@@james_tiberius_kirk73 please let me know if you find a solid source. I’ve been trying for years. Someone convinced me they saw it within the British War Office Archives. I paid quite a lot of money for a thorough search but it came up blank. As I say God bless the ANZACS tho, tremendous troops!
When you consider that (currently), the population of Australia is less than that of Texas, and New Zealand's less than the DC Metropolitan area, then their contribution, far outweighs their available manpower. Similarly Canada, in it's role during WWII as well as other British Commonwealth Nations played a significant part in operations from day one. Not mentioned was N.Z. participation in the forming of the Special Air Service, & The Long Range Desert Group, in the North Africa Campaign.
Thank you Natasha and Debbie for taking an interest in our history. Whilst we observe ANZAC Day every year here in Australia, there is also a memorial service in both Turkey and in a small town in France called Villers-Bretonneux. Villers-Bretonneux is a small French village which the ANZACs saved during World War One. A British General (who had won a Victoria Cross) said that the Australian attack was 'perhaps the greatest individual feat of the war. ' The French were so thankful, they put a sign up in the village school. The people of this town still pay their respects to our soldiers even to this day. There aren't too many videos out there specific to the ANZAC's unfortunately... certainly not as many as those that involve the USA or the British. It's been said the the Germans certainly feared and respected the ANZAC's for their fighting capabilities more so than some of our other allies. Likewise, the Japanese originally thought of us as being grossly inferior to them but that mindset had certainly changed by the end of the war.
I have two great uncles buried on the Somme , one of whom was fatally wounded during the Battle of Villers Bretonneux. On 2018 my brothers and I travelled there for the Centenary Dawn Service along with many other Aussies and Kiwis . It was a truly special and moving experience to be able to pay tribute to all those men from our young nations who gave their lives in service. Lest we Forget
Granddaughter of a WW2 Burma Railway POW and great great niece of a WWI Gallipoli casualty here. Thanks for spending the time learning about our history. Australia takes great pride in our war veterans, because it is the obly way we can cope. Our hearts break at early ANZAC dawn service because of the crushing loss our communities faced. May We Remember Them.
A running theme I'm noticing about Australians & New Zealanders at war is we tend to get surprising results with so little in the way of troops & equipment. Wether it be pissed off the Germans took Greece, or the battle of Long Tan it's like "nah mate.....now you're locked in here with me....and neither of us are leaving".
Yep, Aussies in general are resourceful, inventive and stubborn, the ANZACs earned themselves a reputation of taking those traits to a whole new level.
For New Zealand and Australia it was a bit of an attitude thing. By and large the British saw us as a rabble uncouth colonials. The only way we could prove them wrong was to do twice as much with half the equipment
@@glenchapman3899 Sadly, at least in the beginning, the British Military heirachy saw our "uncouth colonial" lads as nothing more than cannon fodder. Only later were we appreciated.
@@A_nony_mous This isn't true. While the British military command was content with sending ANZAC's over the top into machinegun fire, they did the same with British soldiers as well; there was no real favouritism about it, it was just how you fought wars. The problem was that the Anzacs showed themselves to be resilient and resourceful, so were generally given the tougher, more dangerous assignments.
G’day ladies. I have recently come to your chats and have really enjoyed them. I really appreciated your ANZAC episode and yr respect for our small nations contribution to all world conflicts. Through these conflicts we forged our Nation identities. The Aussie Spirit was formed which is all about endurance, courage, ingenuity, good humour, and mateship. This is at the core of each one of us. Our iconic ‘ Slouch Hat’ is as much a part of us as is our tough fighting spirit. And yes we were volunteers in both the WW1 and WWII. If you ever get to Australia 🇦🇺 we live in Nth Queensland with the Great Barrier Reef just off our coast. Would love to show you around! “ Just give us a call!” 😂 Keep up the good work ladies and always keep smiling 😊
Great video and even I learnt some new things (Aussie here). We have one son who is currently serving in the army. I have a long history of relatives in the army (but the British army). My oldest son and grandson always go to the dawn service on Anzac Day, it;s held on one of the beaches and he always says how eerie it is to think that all those years ago, young soldiers were hearing the waves lapping the beach as they went into a horrendous situation. We always thank service men and women, past and present for what they have done and continue to do. Remembrance Day is a separate ceremony here. I will be making Anzac Biscuits on Anzac Day and giving thanks to all those who gave their all so we could have so much. Lest We Forget.
Your coverage of Australia is gratifying listening to from an outsiders (American) perspective. I've lived in both AUS & NZ and they are great nations with far more in common than elsewise. Our ANZAC legacy is something of which we are very proud - we have fought with honour in many conflicts, and the stories from WWI, WWII and Vietnam alone are legendary. Thanks for your many interesting and respectful videos. 🖖🏼🇦🇺
Remembrance Day is held on the 11th of November on the 11 hour every year where everyone stands still for 1 Minute to commemorate our Soldiers.where Anzac Day is also a special occasion as we have a early morning service at our war memorial
As an Aussie patriot I'm proud you recognised the ANZAC soldiers and the traditions they represent. My Grandfather's fought in respective World Wars. Grandfather (Dad's side) ran away to fight in WW1 and joined the Australian Light Horse and fought in Egypt. He suffered a gas attack (Mustard Gas) and recovered in Belgium. He fell in love with a nurse and returned to Australia where he married her. He was Italian/Australian having immigrated to Australia in 1908. Grandfather (Mum's side) fought in WW2. He was a Major in 8th Division Signals, Australian Army and was a PoW in Changi Prison for 3.5 years working on the Burma Railway after The Fall of Singapore in 1941. He survived and weighed 30kg's upon release, survivng on a diet of rice (With weevils), weeds and vegetables he scrounged from a patch he was allowed to cultivate. He spoke highly of the U.S Military who fed and comforted the Aussies upon their release. He was beaten virtually daily along with his mates, many of which died beside him. His War Diary is something to read as he was highly educated and a wordsmith. Thanks Ladies, you touched my heart.
One of my mother's brothers fought in North Africa, and was one of the famous 'Rat's of Tobruk'; this is a reference to the Australian soldiers who captured Tobruk from Rommel's forces, and then stubbornly defend the city from continued assaults by the Germans.
One of my uncles (Mum’s younger brother) was also a “Rat of Tobruk”. He was very proud to be called a “Rat” as well. Good on your uncle. Grüße aus Australien.
Thanks for this, proud Aussie here, my grandfather fought in ww1 and ww2 in Africa and New Guinea, got wounded in both, my father was a 17 year old cadet and stowed away on a ship to the Korean war as he wanted to fight:), he did and then served in the Malaya emergency, then joined the just formed SAS and then transferred to the AATTV as they were the first Aussies in Vietnam. Unfortunately he was KIA in his Team role. He knew what he was signing up for. Very proud of you both, you relentless warriors, RIP, your duty is done. I always proudly wear their medals on Anzac Day and often lead the parade in our local service :)
Good video. The Australians were the first to show that Blitskrieg was a limited tactic by holding Tobruk and they stopped the Japanese on the Kokoda track which was the first time the Japanese were fought to a standstill and then retreated
Hi Natasha and Debbie I really enjoy watching your videos, I'm from the UK, Yorkshire. I know how much you support your veterans and wondered if you know about Cambridge American Cemetery it's a cemetery dedicated to American Military personnel that have fallen as our allies during World War 2. Its a must watch. Keep up the good work😊
Look at this french town that will never forget what the Aussies did saving them in WW1. Villers-Bretonneux is a small French village which the ANZACs saved during World War One. A British General (who had won a Victoria Cross) said that the Australian attack was 'perhaps the greatest individual feat of the war. ' The French were so thankful, they put a sign up in the village school.
A question was this Just Australians who defeated the French Village or where New Zealanders too ..I be very interested due to family fighting in area ..as You mentioned the ANZACS but then Aussies ...very interested to know . Finding history of my family who fought
I knew an elderly lady who religiously attended the dawn service on Anzac Day.I asked her why and she told me she was a member of the first contingent of nurses to go ashore on D Day. One of those brave women who never gets any credit for the role she played in WW2.She nursed concentration camp survivors and told me, she followed the boys across Europe and ended the war in Malaysia.
As a kiwi, we do the same thing most towns have a dawn services and mid morning services. Even during lockdown some neighbourhoods stood at there gates for dawn service. In this video I think I always have a problem with what he says there, could of done a quick google search. And the fact Australian commissioner always lays a reef at our dawn service and vis verses.
@@dynevor6327 I was commenting on the narrator, not the commenter. I've leaned to overlook spelling mistakes like vice versa because I occasionally mess it up too.
Just loved your show and you made me feel proud to be a ANZAC . I was born in England and came to oz in 1970 and joined the army the same year and 6 months later I was up top in Vietnam for 11 months and spent 5 years with the army. What it taught you was mate ship and look after the digger next to you. The name digger came from the WW1 when they dug mines underground the German lines. Anyhow love your show and I will look forward to your next. PS The name ANZAC is for AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND ARMY CORPS a clerk made the name instead of putting the full name.
Exactly, no matter the circumstances. I must admit, her pausing the video and criticizing the harmless joke at the start irked me. Don’t get offended on behalf of another country when you don’t understand the humour. Our diggers would be the first to be taking the micky out of each other.
Don't worry about the Aussie humour us Kiwis had the Brunt of it like a little brother being tormented by the big brother yet we still Love each other ..and fight beside each other ....Thus the Anzac spirit ...and just clarify the Kiwi came over on ship to NZ by choice and Aussie came on ship to Australia not by choice ...( Just stirring up the Aussies LoL 🤣) this how we Love each other ...
The hat is called The Slouch Hat. The slouch hat is an object strongly associated with Australian identity. The hat refers to the slouch hat by official designation; Hat Khaki Fur Felt (KFF) - to everyone else it is a ‘Slouch Hat’. The word ‘slouch’ refers to the sloping brim. There was also other cities in Australia that the Japanese tried making land fall on in very small one person manned submarines. They tried Townsville and Bowen are 2 I am aware of.
Yes this is true my dear elderly friend just recently shared when as a child their family members had to run to the hills as the Japs had come inland to a small town they lived on a farm near by they jumped on their horses to the hills
My parents met in London during WW2. dad was stationed at Australia House in Army Admin and did some security stuff as well. Mum was English and worked making antennas for tanks using her skills she got from painting pottery in her youth. I also lost an uncle who was killed over France flying with the RAF. An uncle also served in New Guinea as a commando. I never joined the services but spent 15 years working in various areas of our defence force and military production industry (F/A18 production)
Thank you for reacting to this clip. One of my favourite movies about the Aussie army is called The Lighthorsemen. The movie is based on a true story and follows an Australian company of mounted infantry and their famous charge to try to take the town of Beersheba during WW1. Definitely worth a watch if that’s your cup of tea. NZ and Aussies are basically siblings, we will annoy the hell out of each other but always have each others backs.❤🇦🇺🇳🇿
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It's nearly ANZAC Day! We still don't fully know what all that entails. However, we thought we would look into a brief episode of the ANZACS in World War 2! We had a little bit of knowledge of the ANZACS coming into this episode. Please let us know if we got anything wrong. The Australian and New Zealand Soldiers are NOT to be messed with and certainly deserve more credit Worldwide! Could we have defeated the axis of evil without the ANZACS? It's a pretty simple answer! Thank you to ALL Military allies of the USA! We hope you enjoyed this glimpse into the ANZACS in WWII. Let us know if you learned anything. If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
Please do watch the Battle of Beersheda in WWI. The Australians did things differently.
ANZAC dawn service is a sacred, solemn day. Growing in attendance numbers each year. It will continue through the generations.
Thankyou for posting this!! You girls really cover everything that we Aussies appreciate!!
you need to start baking some Anzac Biscuits
Hi Natasha and Debbie. WE take you seriously in your respect for servicemen and women. We also celebrate Remembrance day too.
Aussies and Kiwis take the piss out of each other, 364 days a year. But not on ANZAC day. For this Kiwi, its the only public holiday that means anything. I'll be raising a glass or two, in the direction of Australia that day.
And Mate, this old retired Aussie, two years Army, '67-69, then 20 years RAAF, 71-91, I'll be lifting a glass to you and yours also.
@@stuartgarfatth1448 Thanks mate, for the reply and of course more for your service. I have not served. But my English Grandad was captured as a POW and managed to escape :-)
Straight back at you my KIWI brother
Lets face it our NZ brothers will always be special to us Aussies. I always remind others when I watch videos that us Aussies are not ANZAC's alone, we share that honour with NZ. So I raise my glass to the NZ soldiers who stood beside us, cried with us, died with us, ate with us. Bless you New Zealand you will always be Australia's brothers.
Onya Mate !
I'm proud Australian on my mother's side and proud Kiwi (New Zealander) on my Dad's side.. both are military families.. my grandfather flew in the RAAF and my other grandfather served in the Maori Battalion in Gallipoli (one of the very few survivors) and both my grandmother's held the fort at home. Thank you for reacting to this. We love our ANZAC's. We love our allied friends. 👍🇦🇺
Great respect. My grandfather had a farm in the south east of South Australia during WW2. He was “given” an Italian POW to help on his farm. He became part of the family. They called him big Pete and my aunts still talk highly about him. That taught me an important lesson that countries may hate each other but people from those countries can love each other.
I would like to say this regarding the current culture wars as well.
My father in law had an Italian prisoner of war working on his farm. After the war he was sent back to Italy but came back and they became partners in fishing trawlers. They were best friends until death.
i had a book about a pom captured in africa and ended up a POW in italy. he escaped and was posted to WA. one of his jobs was picking up italian POWs from the farms they worked at, as in remove them. they would get romantic with one of the girls, farmers daughter etc, so they'd have to wait for the girl to leave the property then swoop in. if the girl got suspicious they'd have to fight her as well.
@@danielponiatowski7368 Farmers had what were called 10 pound poms who came out and worked on the farms. My dad had a couple when we were young but not when we got older. That might be why. 🤣😂 He had 3 daughters.
My Grandmother grew up on a farm in NSW with Italian POWs helping out. Apparently they'd drive themselves to there and back to the camp with a CMF guard who was some old boy from the WW1. When he dozed off they'd use his .303 to shoot rabbits and roos for meat (which they shared with Nan and her siblings) and pick off a few foxes. When it was time to go they'd wake up their guard and head back to camp!
I'm a Kiwi and my great-grandfather served in the NZ Army in WW2 as a medic. My brother wore his medals in Turkiye at the ANZAC commemorations at Anzac Cove yesterday for the dawn service at Gallipoli ( my brother is an active duty medic)
Another great man,we are great friends besides underarm bowling 😞
My great grandfather also served in WW2, I can't remember all the details, but I do know he got taken as a prisoner of war when thousands of Nazi Germans parachuted down and took over, and managed to come back home alive
Hey from a kiwi, thank you for pointing eyes in the direction of the little allied countries that gave so much. Australia and New Zealand made a stand besides the bigger armies of the U.K and U.S and with that we banded together along with our other friends and beat the evil. So I would like to say sorry for every family who has lost a loved one in any battle for the allied. Thank you to everyone who has served and fought against the evil in this world.
It's a given, if ur born in Aus or NZ, ur badass from birth 😊
Exactly. I thank the Kiwis and the Aussies and all the smaller allied countries for their service in WWII and in following conflicts. My country has given so much alongside NZ and Aus, but we are rarely given credit.
Remembrance Day is on the 11th November, the whole country stops at 11am in their respective locations to remember our fallen Military. It starts by a bugler playing The Last Post, then one minute of silence before the bugler finishes.
Ode of Remembrance
They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them.
Response:
We will remember them
Lest we forget
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yes ANZAC day commemorates all wars but Rememberence Day commemorates the conclusion of WW1.
All RSL’s also stop & dim the lights at 6pm every day while the oath is read.
@@ianmontgomery7534 11/11 was the end of WW1, but Remembrance Day now "remembers " all who died in all subsequent wars/conflicts/police actions up to the present day.
And that is when we wear poppies. I’ve never worn a poppy on ANZAC day, it’s always been rosemary.
Remembrance Day was originally called armistice day, representing the signing of the armistice at the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th month being the end of the First World War. All RSLs stop at 11am and 11 pm to read the ode.
The Australian Army wear slouch hats made by Akubra Hats. One side of the hat is always turned up for military drill purposes.
During WW2, all Commonwealth Forces were fighting for King and Empire.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel when asked his thoughts on the Australian and New Zealand soldiers said that if he had to storm the gates of hell he would send the Australians to take them and the New Zealanders to hold them.
They were good soldiers but unfortunately he never said that. Its a myth
@@OldWolflad I stand corrected. With further reading there seems to be no evidence to support that quote. My apologies to those who I may have misled.
@@davidryall-flanders6353 mate no need for apologies half of Australia believes it
Rommel also said trying to dislodge the Aussies and Kiwis from Tobruk was like trying to get rid of rats - impossible. The troops thought this was great so they called themselves The Rats of Tobruk.
@@corinnecowper1339 And 9,000 Brits there too. Don't also forget, when the great bulk of the ANZACS were withdrawn after their heroic stand, they were replaced by a few Polish and Czech units but primarily by British 70th Division who broke out of Tobruk and pushed Rommel back in a pincer movement where they met up with the excellent 2nd New Zealand Division. Both took heavy casualties in this successful operation.
6 months later, when the defences were weakened and 70th and 2nd were sent elsewhere, Tobruk was taken back by the Germans when it was no longer deemed to be strategically of such importance ironically, after all the efforts of the ANZACS and 70th Division.
You should look into an Australian/New Zealand 2nd WW hero. Her name is Nancy Wake she was born in NZ, her family moved to Australia when she was a child. She was high on the NAZI wanted list and they called her the white mouse because she was forever elusive with them trying to capture her. I won't say anymore but she is an inspiration to all women for her heroic feats.
Had never heard of her until l saw a story of her life. An extraordinary woman and braver than l can even imagine. Deserves far more fame than she has.
We had Nancy Wake as a guest speaker at a mess dinner (Navy, mid 90's).
Looked like a frail little old woman. Until "question time" at the end. Some tosser said "Don't you feel regrets at how many people you killed??"
She changed in an instant. Her eyes flashed, and she said "They were evil butchers, they tortured and killed my husband. Regrets? I regret I didn't get rid of MORE of them......."
Fair dinkum, I reckon she could have sorted that bloke out with the pussers butter knife she had on the table in front of her.
But she calmed down. Afterwards we had drinks and mingled, was able to talk to her. She was quiet and polite, just like a typical old Aussie grandma.
What an amazing woman. What an amazing life.
@@KJs581 Wow. Would have been amazing to have met her. Watched a doco about her she was a helluva woman. Also, what a prat asking such a question.
@@KJs581 My heart swelled when I read your reply KJs, how humbling it would've been to have had the honour of meeting her.
Totally my heroine. She had her makeup air dropped behind enemy lines.
My grandpa was one of the Rats of Tobruk, we didn't know until after he passed as it was rare for him to talk about his experiences and he died when my dad was still a young boy.
He remembers his dad talking about being dug into tunnels under the ground and tanks basically roll over the top of them.
It wasn't till later we found out what an absolute legend he was.
I live quite close to Rats of Tobruk House, although remaining original Rats are now only one or 2, their contribution is remembered.
My Great Uncle may have known him . he went home after losing an eye ,after Tobruk , in Oct 42
My great uncle passed recently and he was either one of the last surviving Rats.
He spoke of the Easter Battle in which the germans were beaten for the first time. Your granddad and my dad did that. Be proud of him.
My Great Uncle was a Rat of Tobruk and came home and lived to be 97 and a top bloke. RIP Great Uncle Don
Hey Guys, As a person who served our country (Australia) you will never truly appreciate what it means to us when someone Thanks us for our service, even though we may not show it outwardly. So thank you both
Bless you and Thank you for your service! ❤️❤️
Thank You for Your service I truely mean that from the bottom of my heart ...May God bring You Peace
Danger Close - movie about the Battle Of Long Tan. 108 Aussies fought off 2500 Vietnamese, thanks largely to Kiwi artillery and them busting their arses to help. The Tobruk thing as an Aussie - the Kiwis fought like lions to get to the Aussies.
@sophiaestella5611 Exactly!.
You are clearly a Kiwi but you failed to mention the landings of the kiwis on the north end of the peninsular that nearly won the battle for the allied forces. They were a bees d1ck from taking the top of the ridge and had routed the turks when Ataturk rallied the troops to save the day. There are also accounts of the Maori kiwis in North Africa moving under the cover of darkness close to the German lines and lobbing grenades (I hear that was their fav weapons of choice).
In Australia the joke most likely comes from Tasmania once being left off the Olympic uniform. The joke is very local. Australians also tend to joke in serious matters & is not seen as disrespectful. ANZAC day morning is a very reverential time. Followed by another religious event an Aussie Rules game. Aussies & Kiwis are like brothers who fight & pick on each other, but anyone or anything else comes at them they unite.
What an inspiring clip. So glad you did this one ladies. Thank you so much
To all of the men and women in all of our allied forces, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 🌎
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Great to see this. I'm a Kiwi. Both my grandfather and great grandfather served in WW1. Great grandfather was a dog fighter in a sopworth camel. Shit down twice and survived both. Grandfather was artillery at the Somme in the trenches. Proud of these men, my children get up for dawn parade every ANZAC day and wear their medals with pride. Great uncles were captured by the Japanese in WW2. Proud of all these men, will never let them be forgotten.
When we visited Australia and New Zealand 6 years ago, we made sure to pay our respects at the appropriate memorials in the towns and cities we visited. Great respect for the contributions of both nations in all the conflicts they have fought alongside the UK - not forgetting Canada, South Africa and Rhodesia as well, and also the Irish soldiers and sailors in WW1.
One small correction - the narrator refers to “fighting for the Queen” in WW2: our monarch then was King George VI, the late Queen was crowned in 1953 after ascending to the throne in 1952, so a bit of confusion there!
That means a lot mate, I sincerely thank you for paying respect. 👍
I'm a Kiwi and I have relatives that have served in the various wars, My Grandfather Did Gallipoli, and then 3 of my Uncles did WW2 and when they went to War my Grandfather Cried as He knew what they were heading for, my Uncle John was in North Africa, Battle of Casino and was sent to Japan post War ( he is still alive and is 101 YO, he had a broken hip for his 100 BDay ), my Uncle Arthur and Uncle Walter both were Navy. My Uncle Peter was in Malaysia. My Dad's sister was married to a RNZAF Pilot in WW2. My brother served in the NZ Army and did his Apprenticeship to be a Chef and did his overseas service in Singapore, my younger brother didn't do any military service but he served the USA Marines in Antartica as Galley Hand ( Kitchen Hand ). All my relatives that went to the front line all came home alive. As a teenager I did time with Air Training Corp a Teen division of the RNZAF.
❤ Thank you ANZACS and all service men and women past and present! Lest we forget!
I am a proud Australian my Father (to whom I an especially proud) defended Drawin from the first air raid for the next five years. He was wounded in on of the air raids. He certainly saw a lot of action in Darwin. My dad's brothers also fought Two were "Rats of TrobrooK" while two more were in New Guinea, Rabaul and Borneo so I am proud of them all we are here today because of their deeds in the in these war actions. Thank you to the service men who served.
My Dad was an RNZAF pilot flying Lancaster bombers for the RAF. He never spoke of it until the Christmas before he died. Can't imagine what it must've been like for a farm boy from rural South Island NZ, to be taken to the other side of the planet at just 20 years old, and then flying each night in the cold and dark, with each flight losing people you knew.
BTW, fairly large error in the vid you watched: Nobody flew for the Queen. Princess Elizabeth was only 13 when the war started. They fought for the King
I just spotted that one as well. The Queen was around for so many years, it's become second nature to refer to her. Still finding it difficult to refer to Charles as the King
Thank you, I heard that egregious error too. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, would have been horrified to have her husband, King George VI, so disrespected.
Yeah, I noticed this faux pas too.
My great great uncle also flew Lancaster bonbers, he did two terms as well which was very rare
You might like "Flying Through The Gates Of Hell" or similarly named, can't remember. Meet the author when I passed IOE for QantasLink (Sunstate) in Brisbane, great bloke. He got the DFC with a RAAF Squadron on Lancasters but said by 1943/44 it was just a mixed bag of RAF/RAAF/RZNAF/Saffers etc. Horrific tales but some inspiring ones, very gritty to. He gets quite into detail about his dealings with the women of the local village! Also writes nasty shit like a tail gunner from Scotland copping a 20mm from a night fighter to the gut, didn't see him until 4 hours later after they landed.
You are 100% correct when you say that without ALL of the allies we would be living in a very different world right now.
Thus is why America's allies worry about where you are now.
Winston Churchill once said "The only worse than fighting with allies, is fighting without them."
My husband and I visited the USA a few years ago he is a gulf veteran we were blown away the first time Americans said thank you for your service to him
Tell him I said Good Job Digger.
Yes to Remembrance Day in Australia. Specifically focusses on WW 1 like it does in the UK and NZ. Australians and New Zealanders were always volunteers. In WW2, Sydney harbor attacked by submarines, Darwin, Broome, Horn Island, Townsville, Mossman Wyndham all attacked by air - some frequently. In fact, the first air raid on Darwin was composed of more aircraft than attacked Pearl Harbor.
Thank you Natasha and Debbie for your kind words about Tassie. Alec Campbell who was the last Anzac and last surviving participant of the Gallipoli campaign came from Tasmania. He died in 2002 at the age of 103 Alec enlisted in 1915 after he lied about his age saying he was 18 but he was in fact only 16 his parents did sign a permission form allowing him to enlist. We celebrate Anzac Day in a number of ways many people (numbers have been increasing) attend a dawn service held at 6am they are held all over the country including major cities, suburbs and small towns. There is another major service at 11am and usually includes a march with current and ex servicemen and women. Anzac Day is a national public holiday and most shops will close until 1pm as a mark of respect we use this day to thank our current and ex servicemen and women. We also celebrate Remembrance Day on the 11/11 with a service and a minute silence at 11am.
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@@TheNatashaDebbieShow my husband served with the Australian Army for 25 years and is still friends with some American servicemen he meet in Iraq. He talks of the great snacks that he could get in the American mess and often says the food was better in the American mess 😉. This Anzac Day we are meeting up with an old friend who is still serving and having a breakfast BBQ before heading off to a 11am service in a small country town.
Lest We Forget
Tasmanian troops were some of the best Australia had.
@@stephenanthony6508 Soldiers from all parts of Australia were some of “the best” (and some were the worst…we often like to think of all Aussies as virtuous but there are a few who don’t pass muster).
I was brought up in Australia and remember the ANZAC marches through the town. People were so respectful and silent. My husband is ex RAF and still works as an engineering manager for two RAF training squadrons at the UK equivalent of your top gun training base. We visited family in Australia and he couldn't get over the facilities for ex service men. He gave his service number and had access to great subsidised food and alcohol. They respect their military a lot more than they do in the UK.
You girls are so cool. I love your respectful tone. ANZAC day next Tuesday has become our most significant holiday IMO. Listening to The Last Post before the footy starts with 100,000 people being silent brings a tear to the eye. Well done and congrats on your channel.
Much respect to you two ladies. Your respectful tone is so warm and spot on. ANZAC Day is Australia’s most important day that the whole country celebrates 🇦🇺🌺🌹🇦🇺
Thank you for this! My grandfather and his older brother both served in WW2. My grandfather's older brother was in the Maori battalion and my grandfather on my mother's side also served. My family has a long history in the military, including the SAS....THANK YOU SOOO MUCH
Bless your family!! ❤🫡🪖
My Uncle by Marriage served in Maori Battalion.
It comes as no surprise to me as a Brit that our Australian and New Zealander cousins are such tenacious and ferocious fighters. They are stubborn and strong willed in the best way and are always great company to keep.
Salute to all the ANZAC personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice for all our freedoms.
The tradition of Anzac Day stemmed from the participation of Australian and New Zealand soldiers fighting as a combined force at Gallipoli in WW1. The word ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Anzac Day remembrance services always begin with a Dawn Service, as that is when the ANZAC first stepped ashore on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. The Dawn Service is followed later in the morning with ex-service and serving personnel, or their family representative, marching through their respective cities or towns; after the march, everyone can then meet up for food and booze with their mates.
They were not the only ones and that's a misconception that needs to change.... Britain lost more soldiers than any other of the Allies combined ffs but you would all think it was only NZ and Australia that were in the battle
@@dynevor6327 Including the Turks, who always make ANZACs welcome at their commemoration services.
I wasn't arguing, I didn't click "read more" to see your numbers.
You said "Troops from other conflicts throughout the world who are in Australia are not only welcome to participate but actively do." Turks also commemorate ANZAC Day, both at Gallipolli and here in NZ (so I'm presuming also in Australia?), that's all I meant.
As an Australian veteran, I appreciate this awareness of our achievements. My father served in Crete and North Africa, then New Guinea and Borneo. I am so proud of him even after his passing many years ago.
As an import into New Zealand (I was born in the UK) I'm impressed by the strength of feeling of ANZAC day, I implore anyone that hasn't attended a ANZAC dawn parade to attend one
I will be there again this year paying respects to ALL the fallen, giving thought to what they had to endure at that time and giving thanks that we don't have to do that today, remembering my friends and collages that are still on patrol never coming home
on another note, yes Armistice day is also remembered too...
My great uncle who emigrated to Australia in 1913 volunteered for the army and was taken all the way back to the UK - He did loose two days pay where he went AWOL to see his mum
He was lucky, he survived and went home at the end, many wasn't so lucky
Armistice Day in NZ isn't remembered as much if you compare it to Australia!..In Ozzie like ANZAC Day it's a full turn out..NZ it's a small service in Auckland
I had a number of great-great Uncles who served in Gallipoli and Belgium in WW1 - some didn’t come home. One Grandfather served in Borneo and the other in Malaya in WW2. The latter was a POW in the Japanese camp Changi. He came home a frail man and died in his late forties, never really recovering. My Uncle served in Malaya and Vietnam. Dad was Army, his brother Navy and my cousin Air Force. So we take time on ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day to remember our family who served and their mates 🙏 There are a lot of Nurses and Police in our family, as we are all drawn towards service.
A. N. Z. A. C. Day is truly a day to mark the future freedom of us all. A very special day. Kiwis are very humble and have a tentancy to hide their achievements under a bush. Jane in New Zealand 🇬🇧🇳🇿
Its "Anzac" Day. A single word, not an Acronym. The acronym A.N.Z.A.C. was for the corps formed for the Gallipoli campaign, from Australian and New Zealand soldiers. Though the moniker Anzac has been used at other times when Australians and Kiwis served together.
@@dynevor6327 The official Australian government ruling is to use “Anzac” when referring to “Anzac Day”. The full caps ANZAC is used only to refer to the army formation itself (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) but not to describe the people and events associated with it.
To put it simply use Anzac, (eg. 'Anzac Day', 'the Anzac legacy', 'Anzac biscuit', 'Anzac Avenue' etc) not ANZAC - unless you are specifically referring to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps as an army formation.
The corps' designation was originally A. & N.Z.A.C. (The '&' got dropped and then so did the full stops.) I only added the full stops to my first reply for emphasis.
Watching this brought me to tears. We will never forget the bravery of our men and women to ensure we remained a free country with a great future. Cheers from Australia.
Thank you Oz and Kiwis from a Brit
Thanks for that video . I'm a 49 year old 'Aussie' who has never HAD to go to war , like my forefathers . Makes me think (and hope) this world ain't so crazy nowadays .
I had one grandfather in WW1 and the other in WW2 and my husband was a Tunnel Rat in Vietnam. I’ve only missed one Dawn Service in the last 52 years. As well as Anzac Day on the 25th of April and Remembrance Day on 11th of November, I also observe Vietnam Veterans Day on the 18th of August.
So much respect for the Tunnel Rats. A few years ago l I visited the Cu Chi tunnels outside Ho Chi Minh City. There was a 100 metre section of the tunnel system that had been made safe for tourists to crawl through so they could get a sense what it was like. I barely got in as far as my waist before I had to give up and back out. I just couldn't do it. The sense of claustrophobia was overwhelming. My total respect for your husband and his colleagues.
Thank you for your husband's service. My husband was RAAF (Vietnam 66-67 & 69-70) and sometimes part of the 9 Sqn crew that dropped off troops sent clear the tunnels after the had been discovered. He said that there was no way he could have done what the Tunnel Rats did. They were often sent into dark, narrow tunnels with nothing more than a torch & a pistol, not knowing if they would encounter an enemy or a booby trap.
@@janemcdonald5372 from what I was told, although they carried a pistol they usually crawled through with a torch in one hand and a bayonet in the other so they could poke the dirt ahead of them for booby traps hidden below the surface. Scary stuff.
Hi ladies as a proud Australian I would like to return the sentiment and thank the American military for there service. I firmly believe if it was not for the American military the world would be in more of a shambles than it is. A Professional skilled military is the way to go. And I love the fact our forces work so closely with yours. Thank you both for an interesting channel.
In the Philippines, we have a Day of Valour (Araw ng Kagitingan) and is celebrated annually on april 9th... I totally get your ppoint and I agree with you that the military deserves respect, especially due to the fact that they are sacrificing their limbs, even their life, for the sake of freedom, justice, and democracy. Can't even imagine how good it is to feel, see, and hear everyone's expression of gratitude toward them. I'm not even an active soldier, I'm just a reservist, but I can feel how it must've felt for them, even for just a bit.
Just a reservist??? No such thing as "just!" Thank YOU for your service! 🙏🏻
Don't matter if you're full time, part time, or only some times. If you wear the uniform, you serve, and your contribution is valuable.
I’m a genealogist and particularly like researching family members military history, many who didn’t come back. I have Aussie and Kiwi relatives. I’m Very proud of all our boys. I do admire the American respect for your military.
P.s. the ‘cowboy hat’ is called a slouch hat or Akubra ( brand name)
What many don't know is the Japanese also headed down the east coast of Australia to Sydney Harbour in their midget submarines. There was a mini battle and the submarines were sunk. The battle started from Newcastle where from Fort Scratchley they were headed off from entering the harbour as they moved down to Sydney. I'm not too aware of all the details. but we did manage to send their subs to the bottom of the ocean. Thanks for the video ladies.
Thanks for that piece of the puzzle, very interesting
Actually, the midget subs were carried on larger subs that posed problems for a while as well. As well as the midget sub raid in Sydney Harbor, the larger subs fired shells into Sydney suburbs, and sunk some ships. A number of books have been written about these events.
Three midget subs entered the harbour, two were sunk but one escaped back through the heads. They sunk the HMAS Kuttabul, which was used as accommodation for navy personnel and 21 men lost their lives.
One of the Japanese mini subs is on display at the National War Memorial in Canberra
The Japanese were ruthless, what they done to the Chinese in the Nanjing Massacre is up there with the Nazi's treatment of the Jewish.
Normally, red poppies are worn on Remembrance Day; while a sprig of Rosemary(which grew on Gallipoli Peninsula) on Anzac Day, but red poppies can also be worn on Anzac Day.
A proud Aussie who served in the Royal Australian Navy so anything about the ANZACS i will always watch.
It is very much a sibling relationship between Australia and New Zealand. The histories are very intertwined and. if things had gone slightly different at Federation in 1901 (check on that, ladies), the two might have finished up as the same country. In fact, Australia's Constitution retains provision for NZ to merge with Australia IF it ever chooses to - nobody expects that to happen anytime soon., btw. :)
So true. The Kiwis are really like our siblings and yes, we each have a shot at the other, just like close siblings do.
@@JB-zs1oq A shot, but not in the ANZAC way 😊
@@TheHsan22 or the battle of Brisbane way
Very true regarding Federation. Western Australia took New Zealand's place.
True. As a kiwi l always think of it as big brother little brother. We give each other heaps, especially at sport and steal each others stuff, like famous people, national dishes etc. But God help anyone who tries to harm one of us in the presence of the other.
You're correct that there was no conscription in Australia in WW1 - it was an all-volunteer force. In fact, the Government tried (twice) to introduce conscription during WW1 with national referendums, but the proposal was defeated both times. Interestingly, some of the strongest votes *against* conscription came from serving soldiers themselves. It's thought that they, having seen how awful it was in Gallipoli and France, didn't think that other men should be forced to experience the same against the will.
Australian veteran here, well done!
That was amazing ladies it's quite astounding to hear and it really hits home. Thank you so much 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️🇦🇺🦘🇳🇿🥝
I love that you respect that, Anzac Day here in Australia is one of our biggest national Public Holidays. And yes we do commemorate Remembrance Day also and celebrate our Service Families and what they do for our country. Many family of mine have served here and in the Uk, no matter where you are from across the globe giving service, massive love. Just beautiful. I've hope one day you both can come and visit our beautiful country.
You are right, Aussies and Kiwi's do pick on each other but we are also the first to offer help when the other is in trouble. ANZAC day is to remember the sacrifice made by our soldiers, sailors and air force. Nov 11, Remembrance Day, is more of a day to commemorate the end of war. The pins and poppies that are sold for ANZAC day raise money for the care of our returned Veterans. As the daughter of a WW2 veteran may I say thank you to all those who have fought for nations all around the World.
We're like siblings. We give each other hell, but if anyone outside the family says something about the other one, watch out!
Harry Murray was a highly decorated Aussie soldier from the Tasmanian town of Evandale. He was well known for his great bravery during his many years of service. He had a reputation for fighting even while injured, even leaving the hospital to go back and fight on before being fully recovered.
A fact many aren't aware of is that the Australian Army was the first to stop the Japanese and defeat them in a major land battle. Known as Milne Bay. Also worth mentioning the Battle of Tobruk where the Australians held Rommel's Afrika Corps off until relieved. by other Commonwealth units (including the Kiwis). Since WWII the ANZACs have formed and deployed many times. We rely on one another all the time and you can find many examples of Kiwis and Aussies making up task forces for Peace Keeping and other operations. The most notable recent operation was in Iraq where a combined Aussie and Kiwi Task Group trained the Iraqi Army.
As a veteran myself I enjoy these sorts of reaction videos. I also appreciate your respectful and fun approach to topics - keep em' coming.
Please do more on this! My grand Koro Bill (my grandfather's brother) shared a story of them sharing their rations out to families of a town, then going 6 miles, behind enemy lines, to catch a pig and bring it back to base to cook it for the soldiers....NOW THAT'S EPIC!
you nailed it when you said we have a big brother/little brother relationship. We do all our fighting on the sports field, but if anybody messes with either of us in a military conflict hell yeah we're going to join together and support our brothers n sisters from "across the ditch" as we say
My grandfather was an ANZAC in WW1. Medal for bravery and was gassed twice in Belgium including when he gave up his gas mask to save a US soldier fresh to the battlefield who panicked and couldn’t put on his own gas mask. Was given the nickname Bloody George by his comrades- not because he was bloodthirsty but rather because he was always hungry so took risks to find food!
A lot of historians speak about the Rats of Tobruk, what is little known is the same solders helped with the actual first allied defeats of the Japs on battle at Milne Bay, Wua, Lae, Salamaua and Finschhafen and other parts of New Guinea. My Grandfather was a runner in the army in WW1 in France, he survived the war. My father was an aircraft weapons and instruments tech in WW2 in New Guinea and later helped with the US bombers in the Philippines. He passed away last year at age 98. Love you're work ladies.
Wow I did not know that unfortunately so much history not known like the Rats of Tobruk as the same soldiers in helping with defeating the Japs with these other battles thanks for sharing this important information
Each year, hundreds of Australians (+) travel to the dawn service in Gallipoli. Ladies, this video you may respect - the story of Gallipoli & the service itself. This amazing country, in thanks to soldiers who died in defence of their land & people, erected the most beautiful cemetery & lasting memorial to the fallen. The dawn service is televised in Australia 🇦🇺 every year.
Thanks for this... we feel appreciated! From a fan in NZ
Would love to see you do a video on the battle of Monte Cassino!
The only fighting man to win two VCs was an ANZAC (New Zealander) - Captain Charles Upham VC and bar.
He won his first in Crete in March 1941 and his second in the Western Desert in July 1942.
An astonishing man.
( For clarification: the other two men to win two VCs, Arthur Martin-Leake and Noel Chevasse, were both doctors).
Captain Noel Chavasse won two VC’s in World War One.
Surgeon Captain Arthur Martin-Leake won his first VC in 1902 during the Boer War. He treated a wounded soldier just 100 metres from the enemy’s line. He was shot and wounded by the Boers but continued treating men until he collapsed with exhaustion, having first ordered that the wounded received water before he did. Martin-Leake’s second VC was won in 1914 near Zoonebeke in Belgium. He was awarded his second VC as a result of showing conspicuous bravery near enemy lines rescuing men while under constant fire.
Though these men were officers as was Charles Upham, they were fighting men and were often leading their men out of trenches into machine guns.
Yes Arthur Martin Leake was a Surgeon and not an infantryman but he still went over the top with the "fighting Men"
@@laurencejames7948Charles Upham wife was related to one of those men that won the VC & Bar in WW1.
It is great to see people from other countries taking an interest in our ANACS my father was in the RAAF in the korean war after that left the RAAF joined the Army then got sent to Vietnam
As A Veteran Of The Australian Army, Your Words Of Respect To The Allied Nations Means A Lot To Me. God Bless You Both And Keep On Learning. Lest We Forget
Thank You for Your service ..God Bless You
@@shonahira3643 good job digger.
We really only have a rivalry with Aussie when it comes to sport (particularly Rugby and Rugby league), but beyond that, we are best mates and brothers (and sisters) in arms! I pay respect also to the rest of the allies, it was a team effort
100% it’s a friendly rivalry and when it comes to the crunch we band together.
@@leahlapham5634 Only until it comes to under arm.
Netball - the biggest Australia and New Zealand sporting rivalry! Diamonds vs Silver Ferns will always be hard fought.
Living as I do on the edge of Salisbury Plain I cannot ignore the presence and contribution of the ANZACs. Apart from those ANZAC troops who stayed behind in my local military cemetery they also left their mark (literally) in the countryside, just over the hill from my village there is a huge chalk figure of a Kiwi and on a hillside at Fovant on the road between Salisbury and Shaftsbury are a series of military cap badges carved into the hillside and the largest is that of the Australian Army Corps. These figures are made by removing the grass and the few inches of soil beneath to expose the bare white chalk bed rock beneath. There are many chalk figures in England from the ancient (and X rated) Cerne Abbas giant and Uffington White horse to the more 'modern' ones like the Kiwi fro 1919.
Those Italian prisoners of war were treated extremely well. They were billeted out to farms, and many of them returned to Australia after the war and became successful farmers themselves.
Hi guys, thank you for acknowledging the ANZACS. Darwin had about 657 bombs dropped on it in WWII and I think the bombings lasted for quite a few months. Also our greatest battleship of the time the HMAS Sydney was sunk with all hands by a German merchant ship converted into a warship off just north west of Australia. The photo at the beginning of your clip that showed an entire ship's crew was, I believe the crew of HMAS Sydney, all of whom were lost including my uncle LT Albert Byrne. Abby used to bring his sailor mates home to Brisbane and they would learn to dance 'using' Abby's sister (my Mum) for dance practice. One Aussie sailor survived and swam to a nearby island where he was buried by islanders. This is an unknown sailor. For many years endeavours have been made to identify him. They believe he may have been an Officer on the Sydney. My Mother was sent a DNA kit to see if the unknown sailor was her brother, but he wasn't. I don't think he has been identified. Strangely, most of the German soldiers survived the sinking of the Kormoran and were held as P.O.W.s in Western Australia.
Both sides used Q ships as they were known showing the colours of neutral or friendly countries and hoisting the true colours before any engagement only the Nazis were often a bit slow to reveal, waiting until the hidden now revealed guns and torpedo tubes had fired the first salvos.
The Russians currently have so called 'Fishing Trawlers' operating in the North Sea between the UK and Norway, believed to be surveying underwater communication, power cables and gas pipes to cut them in the event of NATO entering the Ukrainian conflict.
The HMAS Sydney you are referring to wasn’t a battleship, it’s was a Light Cruiser, sunk with all hands by the German raider Kormoran off the coast of Carnarvon.
Bombs were dropped as far south of Darwin as far as Larrimah several hours drive down the track. Also Townsville and across about the Western Australia Northern coast. They nearly got in Australia via there and New Guinea. The Kokoda Track campaign was a last step they had to win to land on our shores.
Look at this and how Australia planned to defend itself if it happened. Japan even had their plans ready for what they would do here. Even currency ready to go.
As @5RndsFFE mentioned, HMAS was a light cruiser, whereas the Battleship of the Fleet was HMAS Australia, the first ship in WWII hit by Kamikazies. After repair and as part of the liberation of the Philippines, it was attacked by 5 Kamikaze raids over three days.
ANZAC day is our day to remember the people that have given their lives and active service pers.
this is our memorial day that you celebrate.
BTW im an active member of the NZDF ....
Hello lovely ladies from the wilds of Central QLD. Short but quite informative vid but a bit too close to home. I'm now in my 60's & my dad was an El Alamein veteran & came back with pretty severe PTSD (though it wasn't called that back then). Strange, but back then the men were just expected to get on with life as if nothing had happened after all the killing & dying during the war. I also have inherited PTSD from that dammit & it sucks. As I get older I find myself becoming very weepy & the bloody Last Post reduces me to a blubbering mess every ANZAC day. As the sacred day draws ever closer it'd be great to see you do more on this oh so special day to both Kiwis & Aussies. Somewhere here I have an Italian bayonet captured by Dad when he took in a brace of Italian prisoners. Interesting he said that all the Italian prisoners had a white silk handkerchief in their pocket because their heart just wasn't in it under Mussolini
Only caught up with your channel in the last few days. It's great to see your enthusiasm for the UK and Australia. This video got me thinking about my dad, in WWII he was in the RAAF and was posted Dawin three weeks after the first Japanese bombing, months before he was on Horn Island which also suffered a lot of bombing, for the rest of his life he refused to buy a Japanese car. He was in a plane crash, got out uninjured, he always played down the incident, but in a book written by the pilot it was far more serious than dad ever said.
My great uncle Laurie was in the 39th infantry and was a veteran of Kokodo in WWII. There is a recording and transcript of an interview with him in the National Archives. The transcript was used by Peter Fitzsimons for his book Kokodo. Laurie appears as Smoky Howson in the book and the mini series and movie made of Peter's book. It's quite a funny read, as the Howsons were a large family full of what we call larrikins. Laurie recalls washing in a tub after doing the dishes, and he also mistook a Salvos flag for a Japanese one. Apparently also in the archives was a letter to his sweetheart (later wife) written on dunny paper. Debbie, my grandfather was also in the air force as a cook. Uncle Laurie always said that the only time had a decent feed during the war was when he visited my Grandpa. It's ANZAC Day (anniversary of Gallipoli landing) here next Tuesday and Rembrance Day (Armistice Day) is on November 11th. There is a lovely remembrance commemoration on ANZAC Day here in my local town. The local schools place Aussie flags at each veteran's grave in the local cemetery. It's really lovely to see.
Yes, the Aussies volunteered. My Uncle and Grandpa signed up and it was the first time they ever had shoes!
RIP to all the Choco's they saved our arses.
The 39th are among the bravest of the brave. If Valhalla exists they must hold esteemed position. We need to ensure our society is worthy of their sacrifice.
Yes, we have remembrance day on the 11th of November. Also, I agree about the Tasmania joke, seeing as that's where I live :)
My wife's dad was a "Rat of Torbruk" Then he was sent to PNG. My dad was also sent to PNG. Both around 1944. Naturally both came home. We are going on a cruise to Milne Bay, Rabaul & the Trobiands in 5 weeks to see where our parents were in WW2. Looking forward to the trip.
has a brit , i honestly think that with out the Anzacs in both world wars and more recent conflicts , the would have lost , so for that they have my upmost respect and greatest thanks, i celebrate anzac day every year !
Thanks for your respect
I strongly recommend you check out something on the Kokoda Track Campaign from WWII. Fought in the highlands of New Guinea by Australian troops, vastly outnumbered by the invading Japanese, it was a pivotal moment in Australian military history.
New Guinea at the time was an Australian territory, so technically we were invaded, and repelled those invaders, during the war.
American didn't think it was serious and didn't help till last minute. Again
Yes, we also have rememberance day (11/11).
The ANZAC day AFL game is a bucket list event. With almost 110,000 people at the game, the atmosphere is electric. There is a minute's silence as part of the ANZAC commemorations & the crowd is respectfully silent. When the minute is over there is a huge roar from the crowd that is a mind blowing experience in itself.
During my Australian Army service I had the privilege of going on exchange to New Zealand, where we were treated like family. The ANZAC bond is strong, even to this day.
I think it was Romell who said “If I ever needed to capture Hell, I would use Australians to take it, and New Zealanders to keep it”
I'm afraid that is a myth mate
@@OldWolflad You've said that a few times here mate. Care to show evidence Romell _didn't_ say that?
@@james_tiberius_kirk73 I have got the Rommel papers mate. Also studied Rommel for years. If anyone can give me a reference for the quote go ahead!
He did value the Anzacs tho
@@OldWolflad Fair enough. I'll do my own research though as I've always thought the quote epic but dubious. Peace.
@@james_tiberius_kirk73 please let me know if you find a solid source. I’ve been trying for years. Someone convinced me they saw it within the British War Office Archives. I paid quite a lot of money for a thorough search but it came up blank.
As I say God bless the ANZACS tho, tremendous troops!
When you consider that (currently), the population of Australia is less than that of Texas, and New Zealand's less than the DC Metropolitan area, then their contribution, far outweighs their available manpower. Similarly Canada, in it's role during WWII as well as other British Commonwealth Nations played a significant part in operations from day one. Not mentioned was N.Z. participation in the forming of the Special Air Service, & The Long Range Desert Group, in the North Africa Campaign.
Thank you Natasha and Debbie for taking an interest in our history. Whilst we observe ANZAC Day every year here in Australia, there is also a memorial service in both Turkey and in a small town in France called Villers-Bretonneux.
Villers-Bretonneux is a small French village which the ANZACs saved during World War One. A British General (who had won a Victoria Cross) said that the Australian attack was 'perhaps the greatest individual feat of the war. ' The French were so thankful, they put a sign up in the village school. The people of this town still pay their respects to our soldiers even to this day.
There aren't too many videos out there specific to the ANZAC's unfortunately... certainly not as many as those that involve the USA or the British.
It's been said the the Germans certainly feared and respected the ANZAC's for their fighting capabilities more so than some of our other allies. Likewise, the Japanese originally thought of us as being grossly inferior to them but that mindset had certainly changed by the end of the war.
I have two great uncles buried on the Somme , one of whom was fatally wounded during the Battle of Villers Bretonneux. On 2018 my brothers and I travelled there for the Centenary Dawn Service along with many other Aussies and Kiwis . It was a truly special and moving experience to be able to pay tribute to all those men from our young nations who gave their lives in service. Lest we Forget
Granddaughter of a WW2 Burma Railway POW and great great niece of a WWI Gallipoli casualty here.
Thanks for spending the time learning about our history.
Australia takes great pride in our war veterans, because it is the obly way we can cope. Our hearts break at early ANZAC dawn service because of the crushing loss our communities faced.
May We Remember Them.
A running theme I'm noticing about Australians & New Zealanders at war is we tend to get surprising results with so little in the way of troops & equipment.
Wether it be pissed off the Germans took Greece, or the battle of Long Tan it's like "nah mate.....now you're locked in here with me....and neither of us are leaving".
Yep, Aussies in general are resourceful, inventive and stubborn, the ANZACs earned themselves a reputation of taking those traits to a whole new level.
For New Zealand and Australia it was a bit of an attitude thing. By and large the British saw us as a rabble uncouth colonials. The only way we could prove them wrong was to do twice as much with half the equipment
@@glenchapman3899 Sadly, at least in the beginning, the British Military heirachy saw our "uncouth colonial" lads as nothing more than cannon fodder. Only later were we appreciated.
@@A_nony_mous This isn't true. While the British military command was content with sending ANZAC's over the top into machinegun fire, they did the same with British soldiers as well; there was no real favouritism about it, it was just how you fought wars. The problem was that the Anzacs showed themselves to be resilient and resourceful, so were generally given the tougher, more dangerous assignments.
Ukrainians are showing same traits. I consider then honorary ANZACS
G’day ladies. I have recently come to your chats and have really enjoyed them. I really appreciated your ANZAC episode and yr respect for our small nations contribution to all world conflicts.
Through these conflicts we forged our Nation identities.
The Aussie Spirit was formed which is all about endurance, courage, ingenuity, good humour, and mateship. This is at the core of each one of us. Our iconic ‘ Slouch Hat’ is as much a part of us as is our tough fighting spirit. And yes we were volunteers in both the WW1 and WWII.
If you ever get to Australia 🇦🇺 we live in Nth Queensland with the Great Barrier Reef just off our coast. Would love to show you around! “ Just give us a call!” 😂
Keep up the good work ladies and always keep smiling 😊
Great video and even I learnt some new things (Aussie here). We have one son who is currently serving in the army. I have a long history of relatives in the army (but the British army). My oldest son and grandson always go to the dawn service on Anzac Day, it;s held on one of the beaches and he always says how eerie it is to think that all those years ago, young soldiers were hearing the waves lapping the beach as they went into a horrendous situation. We always thank service men and women, past and present for what they have done and continue to do. Remembrance Day is a separate ceremony here. I will be making Anzac Biscuits on Anzac Day and giving thanks to all those who gave their all so we could have so much. Lest We Forget.
Your coverage of Australia is gratifying listening to from an outsiders (American) perspective. I've lived in both AUS & NZ and they are great nations with far more in common than elsewise.
Our ANZAC legacy is something of which we are very proud - we have fought with honour in many conflicts, and the stories from WWI, WWII and Vietnam alone are legendary.
Thanks for your many interesting and respectful videos. 🖖🏼🇦🇺
Remembrance Day is held on the 11th of November on the 11 hour every year where everyone stands still for 1 Minute to commemorate our Soldiers.where Anzac Day is also a special occasion as we have a early morning service at our war memorial
As an Aussie patriot I'm proud you recognised the ANZAC soldiers and the traditions they represent. My Grandfather's fought in respective World Wars. Grandfather (Dad's side) ran away to fight in WW1 and joined the Australian Light Horse and fought in Egypt. He suffered a gas attack (Mustard Gas) and recovered in Belgium. He fell in love with a nurse and returned to Australia where he married her. He was Italian/Australian having immigrated to Australia in 1908.
Grandfather (Mum's side) fought in WW2. He was a Major in 8th Division Signals, Australian Army and was a PoW in Changi Prison for 3.5 years working on the Burma Railway after The Fall of Singapore in 1941. He survived and weighed 30kg's upon release, survivng on a diet of rice (With weevils), weeds and vegetables he scrounged from a patch he was allowed to cultivate. He spoke highly of the U.S Military who fed and comforted the Aussies upon their release. He was beaten virtually daily along with his mates, many of which died beside him. His War Diary is something to read as he was highly educated and a wordsmith.
Thanks Ladies, you touched my heart.
One of my mother's brothers fought in North Africa, and was one of the famous 'Rat's of Tobruk'; this is a reference to the Australian soldiers who captured Tobruk from Rommel's forces, and then stubbornly defend the city from continued assaults by the Germans.
One of my uncles (Mum’s younger brother) was also a “Rat of Tobruk”. He was very proud to be called a “Rat” as well. Good on your uncle. Grüße aus Australien.
Thanks for this, proud Aussie here, my grandfather fought in ww1 and ww2 in Africa and New Guinea, got wounded in both, my father was a 17 year old cadet and stowed away on a ship to the Korean war as he wanted to fight:), he did and then served in the Malaya emergency, then joined the just formed SAS and then transferred to the AATTV as they were the first Aussies in Vietnam.
Unfortunately he was KIA in his Team role.
He knew what he was signing up for.
Very proud of you both, you relentless warriors, RIP, your duty is done. I always proudly wear their medals on Anzac Day and often lead the parade in our local service :)
Good video. The Australians were the first to show that Blitskrieg was a limited tactic by holding Tobruk and they stopped the Japanese on the Kokoda track which was the first time the Japanese were fought to a standstill and then retreated
Kadoka, Milne Bay and Guadalcanal overlapped.
Hi Natasha and Debbie I really enjoy watching your videos, I'm from the UK, Yorkshire. I know how much you support your veterans and wondered if you know about Cambridge American Cemetery it's a cemetery dedicated to American Military personnel that have fallen as our allies during World War 2. Its a must watch. Keep up the good work😊
Look at this french town that will never forget what the Aussies did saving them in WW1.
Villers-Bretonneux is a small French village which the ANZACs saved during World War One. A British General (who had won a Victoria Cross) said that the Australian attack was 'perhaps the greatest individual feat of the war. ' The French were so thankful, they put a sign up in the village school.
They were grateful for the saving of the town but also the school was built with funds (pennies) collected by Victorian school children.
A question was this Just Australians who defeated the French Village or where New Zealanders too ..I be very interested due to family fighting in area ..as You mentioned the ANZACS but then Aussies ...very interested to know . Finding history of my family who fought
I knew an elderly lady who religiously attended the dawn service on Anzac Day.I asked her why and she told me she was a member of the first contingent of nurses to go ashore on D Day.
One of those brave women who never gets any credit for the role she played in WW2.She nursed concentration camp survivors and told me, she followed the boys across Europe and ended the war in Malaysia.
As a kiwi, we do the same thing most towns have a dawn services and mid morning services. Even during lockdown some neighbourhoods stood at there gates for dawn service. In this video I think I always have a problem with what he says there, could of done a quick google search. And the fact Australian commissioner always lays a reef at our dawn service and vis verses.
I hope they both lay wreaths. The narrator's diction was very bad, it sounded like "reefs" to me too.
@@dynevor6327 I was commenting on the narrator, not the commenter. I've leaned to overlook spelling mistakes like vice versa because I occasionally mess it up too.
Just loved your show and you made me feel proud to be a ANZAC . I was born in England and came to oz in 1970 and joined the army the same year and 6 months later I was up top in Vietnam for 11 months and spent 5 years with the army. What it taught you was mate ship and look after the digger next to you. The name digger came from the WW1 when they dug mines underground the German lines. Anyhow love your show and I will look forward to your next. PS The name ANZAC is for AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND ARMY CORPS a clerk made the name instead of putting the full name.
Australians sense of humor is something you should study, Taking the mickey out of each other while not getting OFFENDED is the jist of it.
Exactly, no matter the circumstances. I must admit, her pausing the video and criticizing the harmless joke at the start irked me. Don’t get offended on behalf of another country when you don’t understand the humour. Our diggers would be the first to be taking the micky out of each other.
Don't worry about the Aussie humour us Kiwis had the Brunt of it like a little brother being tormented by the big brother yet we still Love each other ..and fight beside each other ....Thus the Anzac spirit ...and just clarify the Kiwi came over on ship to NZ by choice and Aussie came on ship to Australia not by choice ...( Just stirring up the Aussies LoL 🤣) this how we Love each other ...
The hat is called The Slouch Hat. The slouch hat is an object strongly associated with Australian identity. The hat refers to the slouch hat by official designation; Hat Khaki Fur Felt (KFF) - to everyone else it is a ‘Slouch Hat’. The word ‘slouch’ refers to the sloping brim.
There was also other cities in Australia that the Japanese tried making land fall on in very small one person manned submarines. They tried Townsville and Bowen are 2 I am aware of.
Yes this is true my dear elderly friend just recently shared when as a child their family members had to run to the hills as the Japs had come inland to a small town they lived on a farm near by they jumped on their horses to the hills
Lemonsqueezer hat
the Aussie hats are called slouch hats :)
Thanks Daniel! ❤️
Australia and New Zealand fought in every conflict of the 20th century. It great to see you ladies showing some love.
My parents met in London during WW2. dad was stationed at Australia House in Army Admin and did some security stuff as well. Mum was English and worked making antennas for tanks using her skills she got from painting pottery in her youth. I also lost an uncle who was killed over France flying with the RAF. An uncle also served in New Guinea as a commando. I never joined the services but spent 15 years working in various areas of our defence force and military production industry (F/A18 production)
The RATS of Tobruk. Also it’s not a cowboy hat but we call it a Slouch Hat. One side is held up by a badge.
Thank you for reacting to this clip. One of my favourite movies about the Aussie army is called The Lighthorsemen. The movie is based on a true story and follows an Australian company of mounted infantry and their famous charge to try to take the town of Beersheba during WW1. Definitely worth a watch if that’s your cup of tea. NZ and Aussies are basically siblings, we will annoy the hell out of each other but always have each others backs.❤🇦🇺🇳🇿