Episode 5: "Nobody went to that war, or any other I suppose, that didn't get wounded mentally, if not physically. It wasn't possible." Sergeant Jack Sim, shop assistant from Ballarat, was one of the Australian soldiers who fought the Japanese to a standstill on the Kokoda trail in 1942. As the Second World War continued, Australia faced a struggle for its survival. Ill prepared for the Japanese threat, our forces were divided across the world. While our airmen in Bombers Command suffered appalling losses flying against the Germans and our troops fought bravely at El Alamein, many thousands more were enduring the brutality of Japanese prison camps. In Papua New Guinea, Australian forces fought the Japanese to a standstill until Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought the horror to an end. 1. Australia - History - 20th century; 2. Australia - Armed forces - History.; 3. Australia - History, Military ; 4.Atomic bomb -- History ; 5. Hiroshima -- Bombardment, 1945