Why are other countries represented and marching in our ANZAC day parades?
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Sadly, it looks as though most Yahoo users do not know of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps. I can only assume that those other countries might be former allies that fought along side the ANZAC troops in previous wars: the british, obviously; the french, maybe; possibly the USA?
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I really don't care what their favourite sports are or are not. That is their choice. They have the right to enjoy whatever sports they like just as the rest of us do. I'm not obsessed with America or it's people. There are good and bad everywhere. I do not see them as superior to me or my country in any way, shape or form. With that said I can see why others get annoyed sometimes. While there are many wonderful people there are also those that are surrealistic and cannot praise any other country or achievement or accept anything less than being dominant and it's a shame they give the majority a negative appearance. I was annoyed at their attitude to Australia in relation to qualifying. and not to unhappy that those responsible are eating their words or suffering from foot in mouth disease. Why can't we all just respect each other and our differences.
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Well, in Great Britain (England, Ireland, Scotland) and in Australia, Canada and New Zeland, they have Rememberance Day.  It's the same day as our Veteran's Day - November 11th, because that is the day that WWI ended in 1918.  \n\nPeople in the UK wear red poppies on Rememberance Day to commemerate a poem by John McCrae called "In Flanders Fields", about a WWI battle on a field covered in red poppies. \n\nHope this helps you with your project!
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Many countries feel that we are contributing to the problem by not protesting it. Yeah, our government is doing all of the action, but what are we doing about it? Where is the international coverage of our uprisings in the streets? We just complain amongst ourselves, and do nothing by way of protest. War in Vietnam, protests in the streets all day every day. War in the Gulf, nothing, War in the Gulf again, nothing. People don't hate us because we are American, people hate us because we are lazy. Too lazy to change a government that is not working for the majority of the people. Next time travelling, tell people you are Canadian.\n\nGonzo: I agree with your statements. There are many liberties that we take for granted. Many that we do not exercise, as well.
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My daughter and i will be at the dawn service. we go to honor the sacrifice made by so many brave Australian men and women who served our country. Nobody wants to glorify war but we want to show our gratitude for their glorious death.
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A very good answer from the previous poster.  There may have been autistic ANZACs, but I suspect most people who were autistic to more than a mild degree might not have been accepted for military service, since they probably would have demonstrated difficulty in many areas of their lives.
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Are you a patriot? Do you love your country? Would you fight for it? Of course you would, just  like we did in WW1. The Great War, The war to end all wars it was thought. The Anzac tradition lives on to this day. 25/4/06 is our next ANZAC DAY march and we are proud of those who fought to preserve out life, our standards and our patriotism.Does one not have to be patriotic to fight for their country,. to fight for what they believe is good.\nAustralia, belonging to the British Commonwealth, fought along with other nations to fight what was the Great War, WW1,  Many people died for their beliefs, as did those in WW11. And other wars. Those beleifs were patriotism. Love of country.
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from which country in particular? there are many consular generals representing many nation-states\n\nclick here to locate your country - \n\nhttp://www.info.dfat.gov.au/Info/WebProtocol/WebProtocol.nsf/homeforma?openform&D
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It tends to bolster national feeling and also the requirement of centralisation into a nation to deal with adversity. For example, national identity wasn't really a big deal in France until they had provincial revolts and foreign invasion. It was during its wars that the key elements of the nation formed, from the army, to a national economy, to a national set of laws, to a national mythology. You can pick many other examples where a similar process has happened. Similarly, you can look at countries which haven't had it really bad at any point in their history and where nationalism isn't such a big issue.
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Australia through grit and determination, made a lot of people who were neutrals, pick a side.  \n\nBe proud, because pride in this case is the fact that they held up the flag and every Ozzy was proud to a be a part of that.\n\nBe proud because, even I, a long time Brazilian supporter found myself, secretly of course, wanting to see the Australians pop one goal in..\n\nPride in this case isn't just about performance, its about giving everyone a dream.  and sharing something like that is Brilliant.
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We went to war the day after Britain declared war in 1939. We were supporting our mates even though we were not personally threatened by Hitler.\n\nWhen the War came to the Pacific, then we knew what it was to fight for self preservation a bit more. Aussies that were already in Europe stayed there, but new recruits were sent to the tropics.\n\nApart from about 30 bombing raids onto the *northern towns and a couple of 2 man subs in Sydney harbour, Australia has never had battles on our own soil. \nThere was also a mass prison break by Japanese POWs in a country town (Cowra). The casualties were heavy for the Japanese that prefered death to surrender - the Bushido code. \n\nAustralian cities were used for R&R by US military, so we had our share of young boys getting lunch and the soldiers asking about the women in their house. \n"Hey, Mister. My dad got angry at my sister after you left last night. I heard them yelling. Could you give her back her virginity, please?"\n\nAustralians suffered in Japanese POW camps, and left a deep resentment there. My dad was in Singapore when it fell and worked on the Burma railway. When he came back to Australia, he was kept in hospital to beef him up a bit ... he was given 13 meals a day - the smallest being a teaspoon of something, the largest being 2 glasses of beer.\n\nBritain wanted greater commitment to Europe and made some painful decissions in Asia for us. That saw the aussie government draw further from UK.\n\nAfter WW II, many Europeans migrated to Australia. While many European cities were in rubble, Australia was mostly unscathed.\n\n*Northern towns include Darwin (26 times), and west to Broome - sorry i didn't make that clearer, Dave
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This whole medal thing has always puzzled me.\nI did two years active serve in different countries, from the UK (not by choice I hasten to add) I never got any medals. I was in Cyprus Aden and Mombasa . I was certainly no war hero but I was there.\nWhen I see all the medals being worn by to days (mainly overseas )armies I often wonder what they are for?? \nI don't envy them I'm just puzzled!
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I think you got carried away a little when putting thi question to such an extent it is difficult to assess exactly what you are trying to say. I am British and I am proud to live in a country which has democratic elections and freedom of speech. On the whole it has a decent and fair minded attitude to others. If ths was endangered I would very much be in favour of defending our way of life. You seem to have a thing about the Chinese. At the moment they are too busy looking after their own affairs to worry too much about what is happening in the rest of the world. Bear in mind also that China is starting to encompass some of the Western world's trends such as private enterprise etc. There would be no gain in China causing a war on a global scale. When you refer to the 1930's and 40's I assume you are referring to the Second World War. This is different. Then there was an identifiable enemy. They formed an army and wore uniforms. You knew who you were fighting. Today the enemy is miuch more covert, subversion and cowardly. It will not come out identify itself and engage in combat. It infiltrates our lives and carries out its atrocities randomly and deviously. It is far more dangerous. However our way of life must and will be defended vigourously.
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honoring the country you live in.
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While a unit or command may participate in a parade, the military has no specific parades, in the US. Perhaps it's because the military sees itself as just a portion of the body of the government. Like a big toe. We don't rip our big toe off, and show it to everyone. It has to be ready for use, constantly, not be placed in a state where it's vulnerable.\n\nWait! We do have a military parade! They're held, every week, by the bootcamps of the US DoD. We call them Pass In Review, and it marks the graduation from Basic Training, and entry to the standing military of the United States of America. The only participants are usually just the Airmen/Soldiers/Sailors who have successfully completed their course of study.
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You are wrong there but to nutsters, why include Aussies in this one?
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There were lots of marches all over the country on seperate dates. You could try looking on one of your local news channels websites for the particulars of your area.