05| Myths Of War — Was there a battle for Australia?
- Author
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Published
- Mon 30 Dec 2019
- Episode Link
- https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/rn-presents/was-there-a-battle-for-australia/11692364
Why do we commemorate an event that probably didn’t happen?
Did the Japanese really plan to invade Australia in 1942? What does it mean that we have come to commemorate a battle that many historians argue never actually happened? And whatever happened to the Rats of Tobruk?
Written and presented by Dr Mark Dapin
