The sea forts of Victoria – Forts that never were!
In 1859 Britain was swept with an anti-French fever whipped up by the Press as a result of the construction of the French warship La Gloire, the first armoured steam […]
Protected: In the Shadow of War. Australia 1942.
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Thorneycroft’s Unbuttoned – the story of Thorneycroft’s mounted infantry in the Boer war, 1899-1902
(Which includes the roll of all who served) When Major Alexander Thorneycroft of the Royal Scots Fusiliers was asked to form a mounted corps in November 1899 he little realized […]
A Wintery Tale: Rome falls but no end in sight
Monte Cassino was the cornerstone of the German defensive system known as the Gustav Line and, while it remained intact, it prevented any further advance on Rome from the south […]
Book review – Soldiers are Persons by Ken Anderson
Most who have been there, would agree that a visit to the National Vietnam Veterans Museum on Phillip Island is essential for any Australian. Not only does this unique museum […]
Oswald Watt: the leader the RAAF never had
Accounts of the period when command arrangements for the Royal Australian Air Force were decided prior to its formation, on 31 March 1921, have usually focused on the competing claims […]
‘Joe’ Maude – the Last Allied Soldier to Evacuate the Gallipoli Peninsula.
We have a reasonably good idea who the first men to land on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the 25th April 1915 were. They were Queenslanders, part of the 9th Battalion, […]
A wintery tale – Part 3 – The Agony of Cassino
After four months of bitter fighting since invading the Italian mainland, by the end of 1943 the combined British and American armies hadn’t got much to show for it.
