Issue 1 - Autumn 2025

WM Issue 1 - Autumn 2025 cover

The end of the Second World War

WM is the official magazine of the Australian War Memorial and Australia's foremost military history magazine.

Published twice a year (Autumn and Spring), each issue is illustrated throughout with incredible images from the Australian War Memorial archives.

Issue 1 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, sharing the fascinating events leading to Allied victory.

Highlights include:

  • The ground-breaking women who went undercover as spies in Europe.
  • The search for MIA Airmen from Bomber Command.
  • The little-known story of Australian POWs held at Buchenwald concentration camp.

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In this issue

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
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
Charles Wheeler, Charge of the 2nd Infantry Brigade at Krithia, oil on canvas, 1927.

The Second Battle of Krithia

The Anzacs’ first offensive at Krithia was doomed - and the cost was devastating.

By Mat McLachlan

First World War
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