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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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General Douglas MacArthur and Prime Minister John Curtin, 1943

The Final Campaigns

Australian forces were more engaged in 1945 than in any other year of the Second World War.

By Dr Karl James

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Engraved fountain pen belonging to Lieutenant Ronald Lister

Collection insights: a pen’s journey

The engraved fountain pen of Lieutenant Ronald Lister.

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Poppy lays on a marble sphere from the sculpture, For Every Drop Shed in Anguish

Tears of Hope, with David Wenham

A documentary film about the creation of a powerful memorial sculpture.

Australian Army soldiers from Special Operations Task Group conduct a range practise in Uruzgan province, southern Afghanistan, in 2012.

Assessing war trauma

The health costs of the war in Afghanistan raise unanswered questions.

By Alexander McFarlane

Afghanistan 2001 - 2021

Life in the Line

Soldiers of 1RAR in Korea

By Rose Dryzek

Korean War 1950 - 1953

British troops along the beach at Cape Helles

The Evacuation of Helles

After the Australian escape from Anzac Cove on Gallipoli would similar deceptions work again?

By Peter Hart

First World War 1914 - 1918

The landing beaches at Normandy from the air, 1944

The Royal Australian Navy at Normandy

Australian sailors played many important roles in D-Day’s Operation Neptune.

By Dr Lachlan Grant

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Private John ‘Dogger’ Dick examining his negatives

Darkroom on the 38th Parallel

War zone Korea posed difficulties for photographers who shot and developed their film in situ.

By Greta Wass

Korean War 1950 - 1953

General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim and other senior officers arrive at Trent Park

The Walls Have Ears

Eavesdropping on German prisoners in England provided crucial intelligence.

By Dr Helen Fry

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Hitler as military leader

By his own account a genius, was Hitler chiefly responsible for Nazi Germany's military defeat?

By Sir Richard J. Evans

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Australian soldiers inspect Mephisto, a German A7V tank

A Tale of Two Tanks

Mephisto was not the first tank to cause a stir on arrival in Australia.

By Meleah Hampton

First World War 1914 - 1918

Three members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), confer with a North Korean interpreter (left) who is serving with the battalion. Saunders is second from the right, smoking a pipe.

The fighting Gunditjmara

Indigenous people have fought for Country and for nation, from frontier wars to world wars.

By Dr Lachlan Grant