In this period of insanity it is worth remembering that the Royal Navy declared war on slave trading in 1811 and by 1853 had eliminated the slave route to Brazil. The last slave market in the Americas was at Havana and it closed in 1869. Then the focus turned to Africa with some of the […]
Author: Peter Colthorpe
Sometimes it is worth going back in the past to find inspiration – This video clip is an extract from a series of WW2 Informational Films made by Frank Capra call :Why we fight (https://youtu.be/cSZnFo7JORo). These fims were made in part to inform the US citizens why fighting the European war was important and would take precedent over the Pacific War. Its only three minutes but the last line is what it is all about.
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Introduction
I am now 65 years old, I live in Sydney, NSW the biggest city in Australia and still work within the Defence Organisation of the RAN. Apart from a 9 year period in the transport industry, a major gas utility and the iconic Sydney Ferries my life has been entwined with the Royal Australian Navy. […]