Family Stories Series 4: Episode 8

Family Stories Series 4: Episode 8

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Kokoda: Why Was Australia So Unprepared For The Pacific War? (Part 1)

Why was Australia so unprepared for war in the Pacific? How did the Great Depression shape the men who would fight on the Kokoda Track? Why did the volunteers of the Second AIF call the militia 'choccos'? Join Al Murray and James Holland for part 1 of Kokoda, a series on the 1942 ...  Show more

 . 54min 57sec
Bridging Operation Market Garden: Keeping Up With The Joneses (Part 2)

Who was Lieutenant Tony Jones MC, and what did he find on Nijmegen road bridge? How did British sappers help the US 82nd Airborne cross the Waal in assault boats? Why couldn't 30 Corps push on the moment the bridge was taken? Join Al Murray and James Holland for part 2 of Hurrah ...  Show more

 . 39min 47sec

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