Why 140,000 Chinese labourers were on the Western Front in WWI
The First World War was a truly global conflict.
HMAS Adelaide and the Malaita Punitive Expedition 1927
The inter war period (1919-1939) is often considered a time when the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) was least active due to financial and personnel constraints.
A Wasted Effort? – The RAAF and the Battle for Tarakan – Part 2
Operations.
A Wasted Effort? – The RAAF and the Battle for Tarakan – Part 1
Plans, Command Problems and Controversy.
The Western Front: an Australian perspective by Phil Dwyer, Helen Duffy and Bruce Postle – Book Review
The Western Front: an Australian perspective is a beautifully presented and well researched large format (coffee table) book that provides an evocative multi-dimensional perspective; and is probably the next best […]
Australia 1943: The Liberation of New Guinea by Peter J. Dean (ed) – Book Review
Largely overlooked for the more dramatic battles of 1941 (Greece, Crete, Syria, Tobruk) and 1942 (El Alamein, Papua New Guinea) the battles in New Guinea in 1943 are a portrait […]
Preserving our proud heritage: the customs and traditions of the Australian Army by Leslie Terrett and Stephen Taubert
Preserving Our Proud Heritage is a well-researched and magnificently presented large-format book that serves as both an authoritative reference and an attractive ‘coffee table’ display.
Anzac to Afghanistan: The History of the 3rd Brigade by Glenn Wahlert – Book Review
As the first Australian soldiers to land at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915 and among the last to serve in Afghanistan 100 years later, the men and women of […]
