80 years on – the boy looks back at his airman father
The signing of the Japanese surrender on 2 September 1945 aboard the battleship USS Missouri marked the formal end of the Pacific War.
Fighting to the Finish: Australia in 1945 – Strategy, Victory and Legacy.
Which were the key battles Australians were fighting in?
Lost Women of Rabaul By: Roderick Miller – Book Review
This is the story of huge wartime injustice against 17 Australian Nurses, 1 civilian ex-pat, and a Female US citizen, at the hands of Japanese captors during the Second World […]
RESOLUTE- The Australian Air War in Burma 1942 – 1945 by Andrew Kilsby & Daryl Moran – Book Review
For some time, the Burma Campaign was overlooked, and largely forgotten, as was the contribution of the participating RAAF aircrew.
Australia’s Coastal War by Tom Lewis – Book Review by Peter Williams
New book describes all WWII enemy action around Australia.
Untold stories of Australians in Operation Market Garden (17-25 September 1944)
Historian Mat McLachlan shares Untold stories of Australians in Operation Market Garden (17-25 September 1944). And what to see today visiting the battlefields of Operation Market Garden
1945: The Reckoning: Presented by Phil Craig – Video
Phil explores two stories from the final year of the war that carry great Australia interest, stories that highlight what he calls the ‘imperial muscle memory’ which makes British policy […]
The Submarine Pens of Bordeaux
I was fortunate recently to be in Bordeaux, France, and to visit one of the few remaining WWII submarine pens in the world.
