(Papers now available) Greek Campaign Honoured at Major Military History Conference in Melbourne
The Greek campaign of 1941 recently featured in a major military history conference held in Melbourne.
Call for Papers – Hard Fought: Australia in the Mediterranean Theatre 1940-1945
Military History & Heritage Victoria Inc. 4th Biennial Two-Day Conference – Hard Fought: Australia in the Mediterranean Theatre 1940-1945 9-10 April 2022, Waverley RSL, Melbourne.
Summary – ‘Semut: Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo.’ presented by Prof Christine Helliwell
Prof Helliwell opened her excellent presentation to an audience of 39 explaining about the secret Allied operations to take back Sarawak from the occupying Japanese in 1945.
Japan’s Pacific war: personal accounts of the Emperor’s warriors by Peter Williams – Book Review
Japan’s Pacific War is a collection of personal accounts from over 100 former Japanese soldiers, sailors and airmen recorded by Dr Peter Williams when he lived in Japan in the […]
Semut: The untold story of a secret Australian operation in WWII Borneo By Christine Helliwell – Book Review
If war is an innate to human societies, then an anthropologist is probably well placed to provide insights that are atypical to most military histories.
A Rat of Tobruk – A Digger’s Lost Images of the Siege
This is another monograph written by the son of a Second World War participant, who, like so many, did not discuss his war experiences.
Lucky Pommie Bastard by Don McNaughton – Book Review
Forced out of France, Britain faced the Battle of Britain in 1940 followed by the bombing of London and its industrial cities by the Luftwaffe.
Radar Gunner by Dick Dakeyne, DFC – Book Review
Wishing to enlist in his father’s First World War battalion, Dakeyne was told he could not serve overseas until he was 19 years old; no such restriction applied to the […]
