| Author: | Emma Campbell |
| Category: |
Non-World Wars |
Every day hundreds of people gather at the Australian War Memorial to hear a personal story of love, loss, service and sacrifice. The Last Post profiles some of the 102,800 soldiers whose names are listed on the Memorial's Roll of Honour; it explores how and why we commemorate, an... read more
| Author: | Jason Foster |
| Category: |
World War 1 |
The ANZAC tradition was forged on the killing fields of Gallipoli in 1915 and the legend grewthroughout the decades at places such as Tobruk, Singapore, Kokoda and Long Tan. A CENTURY OFANZACS is a pictorial history of Australia's involvement in more than a hundred years of war... read more
| Author: | Rosie John; Serdiville Sadler |
| Category: |
World War 1 |
| Series: | Casemate Short History |
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| Author: | Philip Ayton; Elvala Ayton (Editor); Ross McMullin (Introduction by) |
| Category: |
World War 1 |
The remarkable story of Philip Owen Ayton is published for the first time, a century after the war's end.
Working on the Sydney tramways, when the call to join the fight against Germany came Philip was keen for action, and he foun... read more
| Author: | John Monash |
| Category: |
World War 1 |
Monash in his own words . . . Long before this letter can possibly reach you, great events which will stir the whole world and go down in history will have happened, to the eternal glory of Australia and all who have participated. -John Monash, 24 April 1915 These e... read more
| Author: | Peter Stanley |
| Category: |
World War 1 |
"Australia's official war correspondent during WWI, Charles Bean was also Australia's first official war historian and the driving force behind the creation of the Australian War Memorial. Famously criticised for his deliberate myth-making as editor of The Anzac Book, ... read more
| Author: | Ian McPhedran |
| Category: |
Australian Military |
From battling pirates to tracking down gun runners, drug smugglers and terrorists; the high energy exploits and explosive adventures of the Australian Navy in the Arabian Gulf. From Ian McPhedran, best-selling author of The Amazing SAS, Soldiers Without Borders and Too Bold... read more
| Author: | Jean-Christophe Brisard; Lana Parshina |
| Category: |
World War 2 |
A dramatic and revelatory new account of the final days in Hitler's bunker, based on new access to previously unseen Soviet archives. After two years of nonstop negotiations with the Russian authorities, Jean... read more
| Author: | Gavin Roynon |
| Category: |
World War 1 |
Many chaplains were not permitted to go near the Front in the First World War - others insisted on doing so, like Kenneth Best in the Gallipoli Campaign. Best had no military training before the war but he felt that he could onl... read more
| Author: | Tony Holmes |
| Category: |
Non-World Wars |
Through the medium of period photography, Star-Spangled Spitfires chronicles the combat operations of the USAAF units equipped with the iconic Supermarine fighter whilst employed in both the European and Mediterranean theaters of war, from the summer of 1942 right up to ... read more
| Author: | Steve Wick |
| Category: |
World War 2 |
Published to widespread media attention, The Long Nightfollows the tremendous journey of legendary American journalist William L. Shirer. During the 1930s, Shirer brought the events in Europeto the English speaking world... read more
