Admiral VAT Smith – The extraordinary life of the father of Australia’s Fleet Air Arm – Book Review
This new publication from Avonmore Books may well be the definitive biography of a very interesting member of the Royal Australian Navy.
The Amazing and Gallant Exploits Of Lieutenant John Appleby
Escaped POW 1942-43
Cyclone Tracy and the sinking of HMAS Arrow – 50 years on by Dr. Tom Lewis
It’s 50 years this Christmas since Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin, killing 66 people and destroying 90% of the city’s houses.
How many unexploded WWII bombs lie near Darwin?
A story of an unexploded bomb from World War II always make national headlines, as was the case recently. But how many more are there out there?
The Sinking of HMAS Sydney: How sailors lived, fought and died in Australia’s greatest naval disaster – Book Review
Before the discovery of the wreckage of HMAS Sydney (II) was found off Carnarvon in WA in 2008 many books were written about the sinking of the RAN’s light cruiser.
Lethality in Combat: A Study of the True Nature of Battle by Tom Lewis – Book Review
During a Memorial Day address in 1884, the American Civil War veteran Oliver Wendell Holmes commented that he and his fellow war veterans had ‘shared the incommunicable experience of war. […]
The confused identity of the Japanese submarine aircraft that overflew Sydney
In mid-1942 Sydney Harbour was attacked by a midget submarine raid.
The lost ships and men of the Navy
An oft-repeated suggestion concerning Australia’s military history is that there is only one remaining warship not yet located of those sunk in World War II. But how true is that?
