Australia's classrooms likely teaching 'absolutely nothing' about 'the Rats of Tobruk'

[@Neil-yg5gm]

How many people know that the first major defeat of the German Army in WW2 happened at Tobruk by the Australian 9th Division Easter 1941???

[@davidgriffiths9624]

God bless Australia 🇦🇺 we here in the UK will never forget your sacrifice.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

This kind of rememberance is very important and must be taught and kept alive. Every nation has their hero's, real heroes not comic book fantasies, people who really did heroic and patriotic acts of unbelievable courage. Keep their memory alive and value their contribution to your life today.

[@oldefellah52]

My two children know all about the innumerable sacrifices. I taught them to ride their bicycles to and from the memorial in Bundaberg. They called it the blockhouse.

[@axle.australian.patriot]

They have progressively been destroying memorials of our forefathers sacrifices for a long time now :(

[@Kaosad69]

Your gay

[@axle.australian.patriot]

@@Kaosad69 yes yes, and your parent were siblings..

[@Monkeyland03]

The memorials should always be preserved and honored.

[@axle.australian.patriot]

@@Monkeyland03 They should be, but unfortunately they are not :( I know of several highly respected sites and memorials that where on consecrated ground, only to be dug up and moved to some remote location "Out Of Site".

[@axle.australian.patriot]

@@Monkeyland03 P.S. One of these sites commemorates one of the most important sites in the Australian Japanese war.. torn down and put out of site.

[@ipenguin3918]

The Australian contribution made in WWII is greatly under underappreciated.

[@michellesgarden5695]

I watched a vid called 'What will You Do When The Wild Men are Gone?' It was very interesting...about men who know how to set up a camp fire, change a tire, build this and fix that...it went into a lot of stuff and ended with not only will the men be useless, they'll be boring too. It was interesting as it showed we're letting them down in oh so many ways not just history. History won't be taught whilst there's an active campaign to erase or rewrite it

[@clarkstar11]

I wish more Australians realized what these men gave and did for us.

[@Kaosad69]

Got gay with each other?

[@JohnJ469]

I heard the story many years ago that when the siege started Rommel was on a hill outside rifle range inspecting the Australian defences at Tobruk. It's said that once it was realised it was Rommel himself an Australian stood up, dropped his pants and mooned the General. It was at that point Rommel told his aide that they would "Never defeat these men." Probably not true, but it does show the calibre of those men.

[@joewger]

That's ashamed that they discard brave men. They should make it a national holiday. Life is where the news is read , unborn living , living dead, children television fed, .

[@petersone6172]

I’m very glad someone was able to put their wealth to good use, he deserves a plaque or something to recognise his contribution.

[@iamspartacus3114]

The Aussies made a massive and willing contribution in both world wars and have the respect of people who know this. Today they would say it is disrespectful to call them rats!

[@burtbeanz8876]

All they teach now is not to call use the words Mum, dad brother or sister........ how sad will it be if we are the only intelligent life in this universe and this is how we decide to live and treat each other......

[@Kaosad69]

Everyone commenting in this discussion is gay.

[@janicerook8912]

@@Kaosad69 how do know.....they are all probably angry and sad!

[@Kaosad69]

@@janicerook8912 ok

[@shanemcdowall]

I wonder how many Australians know that ANZAC is an acronym?

[@epimetheaus1214]

I wish I learned about Tobruk in school, we got a little bit of Gallipoli for one year in high school, but that was it. Took me till my adult life to discover what great stories of mateship and perseverance. But now we're not allowed to have pride in our national history unless it's indigenous, which I'm not allowed to be proud of anyway cause I'm a white Australian.

[@B3ltesha22ar]

I learned about the "Rats of Tobruk" from my Great Grand Pop...who was one.

[@Kaosad69]

Your gay

[@eddiegilbey3846]

Thanks to all the “Diggers” who came so far to help defeat nazism 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇨🇦🇳🇿

[@MightyRoos]

There is complete difference to been taught to not been able to access information. As long as you have access to information you can always do your own research. A lot of things I learned in history weren’t in school. It was through my own reading of books, articles and watching documentaries.

[@crow7505]

Nailed it!

[@itsperimo]

I learnt about these men here in the UK, insane that you don't

[@slipnslide9308]

It’s the radical left that have hijacked our education system so our history isn’t taught anymore. Disgusting to think they can get away with it.

[@acerob1830]

We never learnt about real history. Mainly about Abourignals in social studies.

[@petercastles5978]

Great little segment. That figure of around 35 thousand was only in the very early days of the siege. Major General Leslie Morshead (Australian command) soon got rid of around 10 thousand people. Every extra mouth strained the "Scrap Iron Flotilla" even further in their supply role, from Alexandria. The strength of the garrison was around the mid twenties for most of the siege as far as I can tell. For the first five months there was only Australian and Indian infantry up front meeting Mr. Rommel and the Italians, with brains, guts , and cold steel. After five months the 18th brigade(Australian) was removed, and Polish troops came in to relieve them. After about 7 months all Australians but one battalion(2/13 th ) were replaced. The poor 2/13th saw out the entirety of the siege, (roughly 8 months), along with the Indians, the supporting British in roles such as Arty, Machine Gun, Armour, etc etc. Morshead tried valiantly to evacuate everyone who had fought in the siege, but to no avail. The only reason the Aussies got out is because of a direct command by the Australian Govt. My dad was there, 2/15th Batt , 9th Div. Australian. To the day he died he covered his teacup with his mangled hand. The flies were beyond anything most of us have seen, let alone fleas, scorpions , heat /cold and massive dust storms . Temperatures of 55 degrees C plus every day during summer, and freezing at night. Then one has to fight as well, with one pint of water per day /man! How any of them came back reasonably sane is beyond me.

[@skylongskylong1982]

In the U.K will never the forget the blood spelt by Australia and the Commonwealth to keep us free.

[@Darkthrone-qi1ic]

My Grandfather fought at Tobruk with the XXXI battaglione genio - Guastatori. He later migrated to Australia and worked at Cockatoo island. Miss you Nonno

[@thisisbeyondajoke6748]

The ABC curriculum thats what i call it

[@mrlautomotive712]

Could it be because they want to move on and not to bring up too much of attention to the ww2 in the fear that many will discover that some(many) nations cooked the history books. I really can’t se another reason why not to teach young generations about the wars that the radical left had won, it just doesn’t make. If they’d won fair and square they’d be celebrating every battle and wouldn’t try to forgot the history.

[@willbennetts8284]

My grandfather was one, if he didn't return I wouldn't be here.

[@gingellfamily4393]

My grandfather was a rat of tobruk. He told me a story about Australian soldiers being abandoned by their British allies, unable to be killed by the German's and eventually rescued by the USA. Those stinking rats of tobruk survived against all odds. That's what should be remembered.

[@OFFSHOREDOUG]

Too busy teaching us crap.

[@paulmorgan8254]

anyone mentioning the US have to talk about Tunisia where they entered the war in Europe as a ground force after Rommel had his arsed kicked in Libya and returned to Germany . they refused to listen to the British and the French and took absolutely awful casualties because they knew best, the same thing almost happened in the Italian campaign.

[@ThisBloke760]

My dad was there and took part in the Easter battle that defeated the Germans for the first time.

[@thebungler]

The more multicultural we become the less we will be able to celebrate events that shaped Australia. Anzac day will soon be a day in which you will not be able to utter the word Anzac or parade down the street because the media will have brainwashed the population to hate themselves so much to the point that everything that was related to white culture will be racist or not inclusive enough. Mass immigration or Multiculturalism, whatever you want to call it, will destroy any culture in this country and it will be replaced with nothing but consumerism and a debauched society which will be up held by mainstream media, social media, and the education system.

[@xelamas1able]

Not much of anything taught at schools any more!

[@bestestusername]

If they taught it they would only teach the gay soldiers side

[@Kaosad69]

And what a fabulous side that is.

[@janicerook8912]

@@Kaosad69 gay side!..nobody was gay or happy going in to war....but people like you wouldnt have clue..and that goes for@C Crawford too you wankers.....

[@trickyboy1517]

"Likely"? So you don't know, Love Letters. Tell us, when was the last time you were a school teacher?

[@DirkJacobsz]

And they fought for freedom - not Kovid Passports

[@stuwhiteman3810]

Well done Bill Gibbins 👍

[@adventuremikey101]

Bill gibbins...what a f'ing champion!!

[@ChrisPbiker]

They won't teach real history, Alinsky wouldn't approve!

[@Kaosad69]

I'm getting gay for rats!

[@SuperEdge67]

It wouldn’t be a normal day on Sky News Australia without them slagging off teachers and the education system. It’s getting a bit boring.

[@ian9813]

Lest we forget

[@pearlspiers4779]

I’m caught between I wasn’t there, I saw/read/heard what happened.... actual events vs the participants recollection of events vs the reporters telling of events... and then forming an opinion based on my albeit limited knowledge.... and then I still have questions....

[@dominicc3521]

Thank god for the diggers. Thank god for the colonial troops, some of the best in the world. I wish the British news covered some of these anniversaries throughout the commonwealth. It’s the least we could do.

[@ableone8956]

Love them!

[@davidlee-michaels9430]

Of course not, that would require praising white men for their efforts. We don't do that in 2022 now do we?

[@luciferblack1960]

Tell us Al, what did the boys of King's college Sydney learn from you....🤔

[@ricky6864]

They probably learnt more than an imbecile like you

[@Kaosad69]

How gay hazing is in fact manly.

[@Joe-King]

Oh! Projection...fascinating!

[@axle.australian.patriot]

"Lest we forget"... Forget what? :(

[@theplastolithicpast8257]

Commoners that died due to a family squabble caused by Prince Philip's extended family.

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

Please explain.

[@theplastolithicpast8257]

@Djuma Webb WW2 and the rise of Hitler was a direct consequence of WW1. It could have been called WW1.5 or WW1 Part 2, although WW1 was not the first "world" war by a long shot

[@theplastolithicpast8257]

@Larry Rudedude or the invasion of the Sea Peoples and subsequent Bronze Age collapse?