As early reports of the devastation of Pearl Harbor filtered into Prime Minister John Curtin’s office that fateful day in December 1941, he understood the terror of a potential Japanese invasion of Australia was reaching fever pitch. Seeking to assuage an anxious nation, Curtin took to the microphone to deliver one of his most famous speeches.
“Men and women of Australia”, he began, “This is the gravest hour of our history.
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