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The '''Australian-American War''' was a fiction war, mentioned in [[GTA III]] and [[GTA: Vice City]], and fought between the [[United States of America]] and [[Australia]]. It is mentioned on [[Lazlow|Lazlow's]] radio show '[[Chatterbox FM]]' in GTA III when a veteran of the war calls in to talk about how no one cares about the Australian-American War. Lazlow then goes on to mention that he's never heard of it. The vet talks about how the Australians equipped boomerangs and kangaroos with explosives. | The '''Australian-American War''' was a fiction war, mentioned in [[GTA III]] and [[GTA: Vice City]], and fought between the [[United States of America]] and [[Australia]]. It is mentioned on [[Lazlow|Lazlow's]] radio show '[[Chatterbox FM]]' in GTA III when a veteran of the war calls in to talk about how no one cares about the Australian-American War. Lazlow then goes on to mention that he's never heard of it. The vet talks about how the Australians equipped boomerangs and kangaroos with explosives.[[File:Flag_of_Australia.png|thumb|The Flag of Australia]] | ||
It is unknown who won the war, the Australians or Americans, or even if the war was actually fought, because of the possibility that it was made up in the caller's head. | It is unknown who won the war, the Australians or Americans, or even if the war was actually fought, because of the possibility that it was made up in the caller's head. | ||
It is also unknown when the war took place, if it took place. If it did indeed take place, it's improbable that the war happened before the late 1950s, because the man calling called himself 'Colonel in the United States Marine Corps.', without adding 'Retired' to the end, and it's unlikely that an active member of the military in 2001 would've fought in the early 1950s or before. Also, the caller makes a reference to the fact that when he got home, everyone was watching TV instead of giving him a 'hero's welcome'. Television began gaining popularity as a norm in the middle-class American household in the late 1950s, and early 1960s. | It is also unknown when the war took place, if it took place. If it did indeed take place, it's improbable that the war happened before the late 1950s, because the man calling called himself 'Colonel in the United States Marine Corps.', without adding 'Retired' to the end, and it's unlikely that an active member of the military in 2001 would've fought in the early 1950s or before. Also, the caller makes a reference to the fact that when he got home, everyone was watching TV instead of giving him a 'hero's welcome'. Television began gaining popularity as a norm in the middle-class American household in the late 1950s, and early 1960s.[[File:FileFlag_of_the_United_States.png|thumb|Flag of the United States]] | ||
If the war happened, it had to have happened before [[1986]], as it was mentioned in a radio commercial for [[Ammu-Nation]] in GTA: Vice City. The commercials talks about an anti-aircraft gun 'used when we whooped the Australians' ass!'. Past the commercial, the war is never mentioned in any game again in the [[GTA III era]]. This also implies that the United States won the war, but this is not definite, as the US Government played the Korean War and Vietnam War as victories after the wars were finished. | If the war happened, it had to have happened before [[1986]], as it was mentioned in a radio commercial for [[Ammu-Nation]] in GTA: Vice City. The commercials talks about an anti-aircraft gun 'used when we whooped the Australians' ass!'. Past the commercial, the war is never mentioned in any game again in the [[GTA III era]]. This also implies that the United States won the war, but this is not definite, as the US Government played the Korean War and Vietnam War as victories after the wars were finished. | ||