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

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
Holly with her paternal grandparents and sisters during the Bicentennial Naval Review, January 1988.

An Arc of Service

A Wollongong builder, a nurse, an Ararat grocer and a bank clerk. Normal Australians. My family.

By Holly Pritchard

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 1939 - 1945