Launch of Australia’s Field Marshal The Leadership of Sir Thomas Blamey
Launch of Australia’s Field Marshal – The Leadership of Sir Thomas Blamey – Shrine of Remembrance 26 July 2016- By Emeritus Professor David Horner
War Wounds – The Medicine of Trauma and Conflict Edited by Ashley Atkins and Elizabeth Stewart – Book Review
An international conference War Wounds: Medicine of Trauma and Conflict was conceived by Ashley Atkins and with his colleague Elizabeth Stewart developed the program that was convened by the Australian […]
Forgotten Anzacs: The Campaign in Greece, 1941 by Peter Ewer – Book Review
Originally written as an oral history of the events of the Greek (and Cretan) Campaign fought in 1941, this revised edition provides an essential military and political narrative of the […]
Kokoda and Beyond: Papua and New Guinea 1942-1945
In early 1942 the Japanese set their sights on capturing Papua and New Guinea.
Australia 1942: In the Shadow of War – Peter Dean (Ed) – Book Review
This is the first of three books edited by Peter Dean that examine Australia and its situation from 1942 to 1945.
Stone cold: the extraordinary true story of Len Opie – Australia’s deadliest soldier by Andrew Faulkner – Book Review
The cover image of Stone Cold suggests that this is a story about an Australian soldier who fought in South Vietnam, but Len Opie carved a reputation as one of […]
The Changi Book – Lachlan Grant (ed) – Book Review
Research staff at the Australian War Memorial recently found a file marked ‘8 Div. Papers’.
Magnificent’: Australians at Alamein 1942
On 14 April 2016 Dr Mark Johnston was MHHV’s monthly Military History Speaker.
