Are there any films about the WW2 battle for New Guinea

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Dave Hounddriver
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I recently read about the Aussies and Yanks holding the line against the Japanese in New Guinea and its what kept them out of Australia.  "According to John Laffin, the campaign in New Guinea "...was arguably the most arduous fought by any Allied troops during World War II"

Sounds like the makings of a great war movie.  Anyone know of a movie about that fight?

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BrettGC
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This is pretty good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoda_(film)

It's about a bunch of reservists who held the line until the AIF could arrive.  Based on a true story so a bit of a microcosm and not an overall picture of that theatre.  

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scott h
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481390/ 

he beat me to it lol

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scott h
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http://www.imdb.com/list/ls004041866/

take a look at this also, lots of movies no one has heard of

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BrettGC
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And Scott beat me to that lol

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Dave Hounddriver
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Now that extratorrents and piratebay and others have gone off line, anyone know where to find a torrent or download of that Kokoda movie?

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BrettGC
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I'll PM you the link I use mate.

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mogo51
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1 hour ago, BrettGC said:

And Scott beat me to that lol

Train up and get faster Scott.  I seem to remember a movie 'Kokoda'' but not 100% on that.

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Dave Hounddriver
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23 minutes ago, BrettGC said:

I'll PM you the link I use mate.

Thanks and its looking like a good torrent.  Anyone else interested just send a pm.  I think its best we don't post links to torrent sites openly these days.  It is not illegal in Philippines (Or if it is no one cares) but the problem is too many of these great sites get shut down by Hollywood's legal beagles so lets not make it easy for them to find the good ones.

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intrepid
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Here is a great book on one of the most amazing rescues of WWll that occurred in New Guinea. I was able to download it for free last year.  http://www.mitchellzuckoff.com/zuckoff.com/book/

Not sure if they ever made a full movie but here is some actual footage taken during the operation. Interesting fact is most of the rescue teem were all filipino.     

So it looks like there was a movie made a while back.   

 

 

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