[Marxism] Socialist Policy in World War Two

[Tom O'Lincoln]

Tony, you're quite right, the celebration of the Coral Sea battle ("when the 
Yanks saved us") used to be a prop for the US alliance. More recently this 
has been superceded by something called "The Battle for Australia" aimed at 
boosting Aussie pride specifically. The notion of a "Battle for Australia" 
naturally assumes there was an invasion threat.  But its most iconic 
celebration is Paul Keating's Kokoda speech, which was of course celebrating 
a battle in PNG, not Australia.