Another extremely significant victory for Australia came in the Battle for the Kokoda trail, in which a seriously outnumbered Australian force took on the advancing Japanese forces from the north coast on their quest for taking over Port Moresby. The Australians advanced from the south coast and succeeded in stopping their advance and eventually driving them back and off the island of Papua New Guinea. ... An example of this was the peacekeeping force Australia sent to East Timor when they wanted to become independent from Indonesia, and there was conflict. ...

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His strong views on the subject, combined with the equally strong views of General Westmoreland, made the two a very opinionated force to be reckoned with, a very reckless force that while strong, was exceedingly poor at military strategy. ... American soldiers marching in platoons and driving in convoys were easy for Viet Cong snipers to pick off. ...

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I am not sure whether it was entirely due to MacArthur's influence, but the White House finally agreed that the Korean War was an opportunity to force communism out of Korea. ... The war could have ended after the victorious battle at Inchon, but due to MacArthur's persuasion, the White House decided to continue the northern advance beyond the 38th parallel in the hopes of driving communism out of Korea. ...

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