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Portrait of Agnes Betty Jeffrey

Forbidden diaries

Sister Betty Jeffrey's story of survival, courage, and comradeship as a prisoner of war.

By Robyn van Dyk

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Chick Nagasaki

A terrific flash of light

Corporal Allan Chick’s story is one of survival against the odds.

By Meghan Adams

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Movie still from They serve that men may fly [AWM F10244]

The Home (movie) Front

During the Second World War, Australian servicemen and servicewomen captured their lives on film

By Sarah Kershaw

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Portrait of Krystyna Skarbek. Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery

Behind Enemy Lines

In the Second World War, a number of women served as agents amid the dangers of occupied Europe.

By Clare Mulley

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Servicemen sit among the sandhills of El Alamein for a church service in September 1942

Sermon on the Sandhills

Sometimes the footage is not the most interesting part of a film.

By Sarah Kershaw

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Lancaster bomber aircraft during an air attack on the city of Hamburg

Failed to Return

The search for missing aircrew in the Second World War was painstaking and painful.

By Dr Lachlan Grant

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Portrait of Flight Sergeant Keith Mills in his uniform

Australian airmen at Buchenwald

Downed Australian airmen were sent to a concentration camp, instead of to a military prison.

By Emily Hyles

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Aerial photograph of an area of Berlin showing the extensive damage caused by allied bombing

The Race for Berlin

After years of relentless fighting, the victorious Allied vied for control of Hitler’s capital.

By Dr David Sutton

Second World War 1939 - 1945