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The Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. While the Chief of Defence (CDF) commands the Australian Defence Force (ADF), the Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (CA). The CA is therefore subordinate to the CDF, but is also directly responsible to the Minister for Defence. Although Australian soldiers have been involved in a number of minor and major conflicts throughout its history, only in World War II has Australian territory come under direct attack.
The Australian Army's mission is to provide a potent, versatile, and updated army to promote the security of Australia and protect its people. Further, the army's key doctrine publication, The Fundamentals of Land Warfare, states that "the Army’s mission is to win the land battle".
The history of the Australian Army can be divided into two periods:
During its history the Australian Army has fought a large number of major wars, including: Second Boer War (1899–1902), First World War (1914–1918), the Second World War (1939–1945), Korea War (1950–1953), Malayan Emergency (1950–1960), Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation (1962–1966), Vietnam War (1962–1973) and more recently in Afghanistan (2001 – Present) and Iraq (2003 – 2009). However, since 1947 it has also been involved in many peacekeeping operations, usually under the auspices of the United Nations. The largest one began in 1999 in East Timor. Other notable operations include peacekeeping on Bougainville and in the Solomon Islands, which are still ongoing to this day. Humanitarian relief after 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake in Aceh Province, Indonesia, Operation Sumatra Assist, ended on 24 March 2005.
Actors: Shaun Miller (miscellaneous crew), Claudia Karvan (actress), Steve Bastoni (actor), Samuel Johnson (actor), Grant Piro (actor), Andrew Wiseman (actor), Uri Mizrahi (editor), Todd MacDonald (actor), Jannine Barnes (miscellaneous crew), Shingo Usami (actor), Yvonne Collins (producer), Michael M. Foster (actor), Matt Dower (actor), Andrew Callaghan (composer), Angela Buckingham (director),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Kieran Roberts (actor), Thomas R. Gough (producer), Sakeena Naqvi (editor), Aashita Hegde (actress), Sakeena Naqvi (actress), Aashita Hegde (writer), Sakeena Naqvi (writer), Aashita Hegde (editor), Taylor Evans (writer), Taylor Evans (actor), Michael Johnson (editor), Michael Johnson (actor), Robert Mejica (actor), Karim Hayek (actor), Hayley Banks (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short, War,Actors: Gary Gustin (miscellaneous crew), Gary Gustin (actor), Heidi Reavis (miscellaneous crew), Roger Tilling (actor), Steven Engel (producer), Ian Sparke (costume designer), Nicole Page (miscellaneous crew), Nicole Page (miscellaneous crew), Kit McDee (actor), Chris LaPanta (actor), Luan Bexheti (actor), Vincent B. Gorce (actor), Kristopher Bos (actor), Loren Schofield (actor), Meredith Fisher (director),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Michael Horvath (editor), Michael Horvath (producer), Michael Horvath (writer), Michael Horvath (director), Alex Dann (editor), Blair Luke (actor), Michael Nelson (actor), Curtis Oakes (actor), Michael Birtwistle (actor), Andrew Horvath (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama, Short, War,Actors: Michael Horvath (editor), Michael Horvath (producer), Michael Horvath (writer), Michael Horvath (director), Alex Dann (editor), Blair Luke (actor), Michael Nelson (actor), Curtis Oakes (actor), Michael Birtwistle (actor), Andrew Horvath (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama, Short, War,Actors: Ted Childs (producer), Arthur Dignam (actor), Julia Blake (actress), Russell Newman (actor), Sandra Levy (producer), Linda Cropper (actress), Edward Wiley (actor), Pat Bishop (actress), Maggie Dence (actress), Rory O'Donoghue (actor), Fiona Press (actress), Bill Russo (editor), Bruce Hughes (actor), Sally Cooper (actress), Alan John (composer),
Genres: Drama, History,Actors: Russell Crowe (actor), Ray Barrett (actor), Deborah Kara Unger (actress), John Clarke (miscellaneous crew), Tetsu Watanabe (actor), George Takei (actor), Terry O'Quinn (actor), Jason Donovan (actor), Bryan Brown (actor), John Bach (actor), John Clarke (actor), Richard Brennan (producer), Nicholas Beauman (editor), Greg Coote (producer), John Polson (actor),
Plot: The island of Ambon in Indonesia, 1945. During the War, the number of Australian POWs on the island had dropped from 1100 to less than 300 due to abuses by their Japanese captors. Capt. Cooper is the chief prosecutor. In a mass grave, the bodies of 300 executed servicemen have been unearthed. Cooper assumes that the massacre was ordered by Baron Takahashi, Japanese commander on Ambon. But the one potential witness has gone mad and is due to be shipped back to Australia. No captured airmen were found alive on the island at all, not even the four-man crew of a reconnaissance plane shot down late in the War. Takahashi is returned to the island in the custody of an American officer, Maj. Beckett. But there is little evidence with which to prosecute the Baron. Cooper thinks he could make a case for the missing airmen if only their bodies could be located. And why does Maj. Beckett appear interested in not seeing Takahashi convicted? Cooper gets a break when Lt. Tanaka, a communications officer and a Christian, surrenders himself...
Keywords: 1940s, aeroplane, apology, australia, blindfolded, blond-man, camera, character-says-i'm-sorry, cigarette-smoking, corpse-with-eyes-openActors: Philippe Sarde (composer), Gila Almagor (actress), Moshe Ivgy (actor), Tom Hanks (actor), Alon Aboutboul (actor), Caroline Goodall (actress), Moshé Mizrahi (writer), Moshé Mizrahi (director), Moshé Mizrahi (writer), Sharon Harel (producer), Rona Doron (costume designer), Moni Moshonov (actor), Jacques Cohen (actor), Avner Hizkiyahu (actor), Cristina Marsillach (actress),
Plot: An American flyer who joined the RAF before his country was in the war is recovering from a leg injury in Jerusalem. Through an English friend he meets a quiet Jewish girl whose close-knit family originally came from Spain. The two are attracted to each other but she is convinced their diverse backgrounds mean it could never work; not only is he a gentile, his father is a protestant minister. So though they keep running into each other in the small community, they find themselves just as frequently parting again.
Keywords: 1940s, american, brother-sister-relationship, cultural-difference, dinner, dragging-someone, falling-in-love, family-relationships, friend, friendshipActors: Harry Locke (actor), Edward Fox (actor), Christian Doermer (actor), Ian Holm (actor), Charles Farrell (actor), Frank Forsyth (actor), Jack Hawkins (actor), Jean-Pierre Cassel (actor), Jeremy Child (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Norman Bird (actor), Vincent Ball (actor), Dirk Bogarde (actor), Guy Middleton (actor), David Lodge (actor),
Plot: A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Duke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-mans-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time.
Keywords: 1910s, anti-war, army, based-on-play, exclamation-point-in-title, family-relationships, general, independent-film, punctuation-in-title, satireActors: Clyde Cook (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Philip Ahn (actor), Harry Allen (actor), Clancy Cooper (actor), Luis Alberni (actor), Ted Billings (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Richard Carlson (actor), Hobart Cavanaugh (actor), Jimmy Aubrey (actor), André Charlot (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), James Conaty (actor), Hal Craig (actor),
Genres: Drama, War,