Royal Australian Navy beach commandos of World War II
Starting in 1942, around 1000 Australian sailors were trained in amphibious warfare.
VJ Day 75th Anniversary 15 August 2020
This year marks the 75th anniversary of VJ Day which is the day, 15 August 1945, when the Japanese formally surrendered to the Allies.
In Honour of War Heroes: Colin St Clair Oakes and the Design of Kranji War Memorial by Athanasios Tsakonas
In Honour of War Heroes: Colin St Clair Oakes and the Design of Kranji War Memorial.
Radio Girl – The story of the extraordinary Mrs Mac, pioneering engineer and wartime legend By David Dufty – Book Review
This little known story grabbed David Dufty’s attention from the moment he discovered Mrs Mac aka Florence Violet McKenzie (nee Wallace) during his research for an earlier book The Secret […]
The Battles for the Kokoda Plateau – Three weeks of hell defending the gateway to the Owen Stanleys by David W Cameron – Book Review
After the 8th May Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese high command having abandoned the attempt to seize Port Moresby by sea put its effort into a land push […]
Where Soldiers Lie – The Quest to find Australia’s War Dead by Ian McPhedran
Where Soldiers Lie is not a guidebook to Commonwealth War Graves where our soldiers are buried and commemorated.
The Note Through the Wire – A WWII prisoner of war, a resistance heroine, and their incredible true story by Doug Gold – Book Review
After enlisting in 1940, Bruce Murray, an unhappily married 24-year-old, was posted to the 25th Battalion, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
Book Review: D-Day New Guinea D-Day New Guinea by Phillip Bradley – Book Review
Days before and after the launch of Operation Overlord on 6 June 1944, D-Day, around 13,100 American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and some 7,900 British counterparts […]
