Wednesday is the anniversary of the Battle of Milne Bay. To commemorate it, we are running a "This Day in WWII" event at 11:59 pm Eastern time in Special Events II arena. (Yes, it's late -- have to avoid conflict with another event.) We will also be running it at 9 pm Melbourne time for the Aussies, Kiwis, and Japanese!
It will have M4A3(75), Panzer IV, M3, M16, SdKfz, LVTA2, and LVTA4 to represent the ground forces. The fight will be between a3 and a14 here -- nice and close, so it can be a vigorous fight:
The air battle has P-40's, Zeros, B-25's, Betties, and D3A's.
Join us to commemorate the Battle of Milne Bay, which ended September 7, 1942.
To this point in the war, the Japanese had been nearly invincible in battle, dealing many crushing defeats to their enemies. Here, fighting to hold the stepping stone to their country, fighting with troops, P-40's, and Hudson bombers against Japanese forces that included Type 95 Ha-Go tanks, the Australians were the ones to prevail.
"Some of us may forget that of all the Allies it was the Australian soldiers who first broke the spell of the invincibility of the Japanese Army; those of us who were in Burma have cause to remember." -- Field Marshal Sir William Slim
