{"id":461134,"date":"2007-04-01T19:00:18","date_gmt":"2007-04-02T02:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=65436"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:06:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:06:08","slug":"applecross-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/applecross-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Applecross Grand Prix (1940) &#8211; Patriotic Races"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Patriotic Races<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that, in consequence of a persistence by Germany of her invasion of Poland, Great Britain has declared war upon her, and that, as a result, Australia is also at war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With those words, uttered by Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies on September 3, 1939, Australians found themselves involved in a war on the other side of the world. 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