Despite a Labor-manufactured myth of its “greatness” the ALP government of Australia during World War II has some very dark patches on its record. John Curtin One was the demand that Australian troops be withdrawn from Tobruk under enemy attack, resulting in the loss of many Australian and British lives. Then there were the useless but costly campaigns against beaten and bypassed Japanese island garrisons late in the war, with hundreds more lives thrown away. Worse was the b…
