Australia’s First Action in the Pacific in World War II - A Valiant Catastrophe

This video essay is based on the article of the same name by Patrick Walters and can be read at the History Guild here: historyguild.o...
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The interview with Clarence Spurgeon is from the Australians at War Film Archive (Archive number 937) australiansatw...
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