Australia
I watched the movie Australia. It probably isn't really on the top of the list when you think of WWII movies, but it definately gives some background into a country that is usually not thought of much in the subject.
First off in the movie you find out that mixed blood aborigines children where taken to an island to be taught to be more "white". The children were known as the Stolen Generation.
In the movie Lady Ashley goes to Australia to convince her husband to sell their cattle ranch they have. When she gets there her husband is dead, and she finds out that the owners of the neighboring land have been stealing her cattle.
Lady Ashley ends up falling for a man who drives the cattle named Drover. She also falls in love with a small aboriginal child named Nullah. Nullah is a mixed blood and is always living in fear of being taken away to this island.
When Nullah goes on a walkabout he is captured and taken to the mission island. This is where the WWII part comes into play. The people of Australia get news of the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor and they know the the Japanese are advancing toward them. They start evacuating the city of Darwin but not the aboriginal children on the mission island.
Lady Ashley and Drover go to look for Nullah and soon the Japanese are attacking Darwin. They find out that the island that the boys were sent to was the first to be hit. Miraculously the boys survived including Nullah. And they all live happily ever after.
This was a pretty good movie, extremely long though. Like I said the whole movie wasn't centered around WWII but it definately reminded you in the end of Australias involvement. I thought the little aboriginal boy was just the cutest thing ever. So overall it's a pretty decent flick if you have close to three hours to burn.
<----- thats Nullah
<----- and that's Hugh Jackman (he plays Drover)
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