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One of the first things i learnt in high school history about world war two was that when the chips were down and the japs were on their way to Australia the poms told us to deal with it ourselves. It was the Americans that came to our aid. Who knows what might have happened had they not come to help us.
Remember that General Macarthur called that the Australian Militia cowards as they staged a fighting retreat in new guinea. Watch any documentary on New guinea made by the Americans, and there was no other nation there. They're always the ones who win everything with no help from anyone. When in actual fact, in most conflicts the victory was a result of multiple efforts.
Its this kind of arrogance that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
That said, credit were credit is due, it just seems allot of time more credit is taken then is actually due. (By America as a nation more then an individual basis)