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Old 26-10-2007, 07:33 AM   #6 (permalink)
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I have not seen these for a while on TV. In the first one I noticed the Australians and the 6th division were not even mentioned in the taking of Bardia and Tobruk. (It was 30,000 "British" troops)

In the second the only mention of Australians said "Tobruk was manned by Australians", then went on to say the British Navy evacuated troops and they started to talk about the British Rats who denied Rommel the fortress.

Oh well....................................!
I have the book of the series and will check out the relevant sections to see if they had been changed!
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