Victory and defeat: The Australian experience, 1939-41 The Australian experience in the first years of the Second World War: on the ground, in the air and at sea, in victory and in defeat.
How Bardia was won: by Craig Stockings. The myths of Australian invincibility should give way to better-informed explanations.
'The kind eyelids of night hid my tears’: by Jenifer Selby, A letter by Dr Tom Selby gives an insight into the human side of the Australian victory at Bardia.
Artist in the aftermath: by Lola Wilkins, Ivor Hele’s immense canvas provides a valuable record of the evacuation of Greece in 1941.
Heroes of Tobruk: by Peter Burness, The Australians demonstrated determination and courage at Tobruk and showed that aggressive patrolling was the best form of defence.
The first kill: by Karl James, No. 10 Squadron, RAAF, was the first Australian unit to go to war in 1939 and quickly went into action, hunting German U-boats.
Recovering the past: by John Perryman, Finding lost wrecks is also a way of honouring those who served in them.
'Tell her the baker’s enlisted’: by Martin Hadlow, From old recordings, members of the Second AIF recall their departure for the Middle East in 1940.
A tale of two weddings: by Rebecca Britt, Many couples decided to marry before the war could sweep them apart.
Here is their spirit: An address given by General Peter Cosgrove AC MC (Ret’d) at the Australian War Memorial on Remembrance Day, 2009.
Doughboys and the breaking of the Hindenburg Line: by Mitchell Yockelson,The Americans may have been green, but they were splendid men.
Flying close to the sun: by Ken Peacock, Australian pilots in the North Africa campaign improvised and lived rough in desert conditions.
