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Let's not forget the Kiwis!
I wish I saw this thread yesterday..
ANZAC stands for Australia New Zealand Army Corps.
They are basically the divisions that Aussie/NZ sent to help out the Allies in WW1 and 2. In WWI they landed in Gallipoli and suffered heavy casualties, mainly because of British mistakes (bombing the wrong beach etc).
In WWII they were all over the show, some were in Greece/Yugoslavia, others in the deserts of North Africa battling first Mussolini and then Rommel. Others were in the South Pacific fighting the Japanese, in Burma and the Phillipines especially. As well as the unfortunate last stand at Singapore, which sent many ANZAC survivors into Japanese POW camps.
Even having been born outside New Zealand, I really feel something for the ANZACs.
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