Hi Indy,
Can you please do an episode on the Kokoda Track.
It was the first defeat of Japan in a land battle in WW2.
It was achieved by Australian conscripts, who where only allowed to be deployed on Australian soil. Because Papua New Guinea was a colony, the conscripts were deployed there.
The conditions were hellish. The men looked like a rabble at the end.
When Macarthur and the Australian head of army, Blamey, came after the victory, they criticised the conscripts.
In fact, the conscripts had achieved a great victory, a first for WW2.
Thanks,
Ricardo