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Originally Posted by Owen D  Lee, that would be Roden Cutler in 1941.
>>> RODEN CUTLER VC
photo on here>>> Lieutenant Arthur Roden Cutler, VC
That was the point I was making in post #1, it seems the only time the French fighting man got praised on this forum was when he was fighting against the Allies, hence the reason I started the thread. |
A very brave man and a wonderful Australian in the post war. The Vichy fighting ability was suppressed as was the similar fighting ability of the Allied force.
The Australian 7th division was the "forgotten division" as well. Their fierce fighting and strength of victory was not "trumpeted". This was due to the political considerations of French and Allied troops fighting the French legion.
Much was made politically of the Australian 6th division infantry firstly routing the Italians out of Bardia and Tobruk, and the Australian 9th Division the first to defeat the Germans and Blitzkrieg at Tobruk however the 7th, being first to defeat the "French" would have gone done like a lead balloon.