Fuzzy Wuzzies and Green Shadows
During the Second World War, Papua New Guineans played a crucial part in the fight against Japan
Second World War 1939 - 1945
War in the Pacific
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Wartime love story: Colin and Irene Simper
Letters reveal Colin and Irene Simper’s wartime love story.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Dear John: Letters from home
A moving collection of letters written to an Australian prisoner of war
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Papua New Guinean experiences of the Pacific War
Australian war artists captured striking portraits of Papua New Guineans who served in WWII.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Skin in the Game
Australia’s long defence relationship with Papua New Guinea is based in shared history.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Down the Buin Road
Sweat, mud, fatigue, stress, fear and constant patrolling in Bougainville, 1945.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
The Spirit of the Samurai
At surrender ceremonies in 1945, Japanese leaders were made to do the unthinkable.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
The Final Campaigns
Australian forces were more engaged in 1945 than in any other year of the Second World War.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Bombing Darwin 1942
A successful Japanese raid caught the Allied forces unprepared.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
Missing in action
An ace fighter pilot vanished while defending Darwin against the town’s 53rd Japanese air raid.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
F Force on the Burma–Thailand Railway
Aussie POWs worked under brutal conditions to finish the infamous Burma-Thailand Railway.
Second World War 1939 - 1945
The Arunta Log
The Tribal Class destroyer served widely and with distinction in Australia’s north in 1944.
Second World War 1939 - 1945