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An American soldier inspects German loot, found at the Schlosskirche in the south German town Ellingen, 24 April 1945. Courtesy: The U.S National Archives and Records Administration, RG 111-SC-204899

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Roy Hodgkinson, 14 Australian Anti-aircraft Battery (Militia) Fixed Defences, Darwin (1942) AWM ART22719

Bombing Darwin 1942

A successful Japanese raid caught the Allied forces unprepared.

By Dr Thomas J. Rogers

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Squadron Leader Raymond Thorold-Smith, DFC

Missing in action

An ace fighter pilot vanished while defending Darwin against the town’s 53rd Japanese air raid.

By Dr Kristen Alexander

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Artwork by James French, of three men carrying railway sleepers.

F Force on the Burma–Thailand Railway

Aussie POWs worked under brutal conditions to finish the infamous Burma-Thailand Railway.

By Jonathon Dallimore

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Artwork by Alan Moore of HMAS Arunta patrolling the Admiralty Islands

The Arunta Log

The Tribal Class destroyer served widely and with distinction in Australia’s north in 1944.

By Commander Felicity Petrie

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Trapped

Trapped is a six part series about a group of Australian airmen stranded on Timor during WW2.

By Tom Trumble

Second World War 1939 - 1945

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