Campaign Series - The Battle of Menin Road 1917
The Third Ypres Campaign (Passchendaele) of 1917 is associated with images of slimy, oozing mud: mud deep enough and glutinous enough to drown men, h...
Campaign Series - The Battle of Polygon Wood 1917
Buoyed by the success of the 1st and 2nd Australian divisions in the Battle of Menin Road, the men of the 4th and 5th Australian divisions filed in...
Campaign Series - The Battle of Fromelles
The Battle of Fromelles - until recently largely forgotten in the accounts of Australia's experiences in World War One - remains the single bloodiest day i...
Campaign Series - The Western Desert
While the North African campaign has been studied in detail over the years, much of this study has been dedicated to the battles between the British 8th Ar...
Campaign Series - The Battle of Mont St Quentin-Peronne 1918
Battle of Mont St Quentin-Peronne 1918 charts an extraordinary journey from the trenches facing Mont St Quentin on 31 August 1918 throug...
Combat Support Series Gallipoli - An Australian Medical Perspective
To be successful, a modern army needs logistical support to survive - to arm, feed, transport, and care for its soldiers.
The Graduate of Stalag Luft 1: A story of Valor and Determination
The Biography of Pilot Officer / Navigator N.J. Anderson DFC
Author: Ian Anderson
A poignant narrative that chronicles the life ...
The Killer Bees: Australian Independent Companies and Commandos at War 1942 - 1945
The Independent Companies and Commandos were a unique form of sub-unit within the Australian army during t...
Crawl to Freedom: Australian POW Escapes of World War One
During World War One over 4000 Australian servicemen were taken prisoner. Yet the prisoner of war experiences of the Anzacs are ...
Sanananda: A Bastard of a Place
The Battle for the Beachhead New Guinea 1942-43
With the Australian troops crossing of the Kumusi River in mid-November 1942, after pushing the Japanese back along...
Wold War Bloody Timor
My name is Peter O’Hanlon, but everyone in the military, from the lowest digger to the highest officer, has always called me ‘Irish’. You won’t see me, or the service men a...
Chasing Bandits in the Badlands: Australian Soldiers adjusting attitudes in Somalia 1993
In January 1993, the Australian government sent just under one thousand young men and women to serve unde...
