"Kokoda" movie

I went to see the Aussie movie, "Kokoda", which tells the story of the outnumbered Australian Army reserves defeating the Japanese during World War II in some of the most rugged and isolated terrain in the world.

The Japanese's mission was eventual invasion of Australian soil. As the Japanese led down south towards Australia, their South Pacific strategy was to take over Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea (at the time, Papua New Guinea was Australia's protectorate). The Kokoda track is a single-file trail that leads to Port Moresby (these days, people visit PNG to trek Kokoda...my boss is doing it in June). The Australian Army reserves (called "chocos" - ill equipped, unfully trained soldiers OR could also mean bullets filled with chocolates as they were not "real" soldiers and didn't have "real" guns) were sent as stand by at PNG not knowing they were going to be outnumbered 10-1 by the Japanese...not to mention the harsh terrains they had to endure combined with hot and humid days, rainfall, cold nights, and tropical diseases. The Japanese invasion eventually failed and as we all know it, Australia is not Japan.

This has been a great significance to the country next to the Gallipoli Campaign during WWI as it was the first time Australians fought and died repelling an invader on Australian soil without the material presence or support of the United Kingdom.