Defence and Security, Politics
In the service of empires from Fromelles to the present day.
Jul 19, 2016See link below to article by Paul Daley in the Guardian ‘Australians didn’t sacrifice themselves at Fromelles, the British sacrificed them’. John Menadue.
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