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TomSlick

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5. I understand the Aussies thinking the British Army was running a railroad.

Reply to BootinUp (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:37 PM

Oct 2020

I have not done any independent study of the facts. I got the impression that the film makers were trying to make the Aussies sympathetic and assumed the facts were at least as bad as portrayed. There was no attempt made in the JAG School course to look behind the movie. The teaching point assumed the facts and asked whether war crimes were committed.

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Breaker Morant (1980) [View all] BootinUp Oct 2020 OP

Great movie. Highly recommended. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2020 #1

That is a great movie. SharonClark Oct 2020 #2

I saw the movie years ago at the Army JAG School during a week long law of war course. TomSlick Oct 2020 #3

I dont know how close the movie is on how it played out BootinUp Oct 2020 #4

I understand the Aussies thinking the British Army was running a railroad. TomSlick Oct 2020 #5