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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
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

Painting by Roy Hodgkinson, titled Americans and Aborigines.

The Flying Bunyips

An American squadron that recognised the support of the Aboriginal community.

By Garth O'Connell

Second World War 1939 - 1945
An ornate and fastidiously decorated fascist eagle clasping a Roman fasces, from which are suspended the symbols of the three Axis allies, each contained within a decorated wreath - from left to right, the Nazi swastika; the Italian arms and the Japanese 'rising sun' flag.

An Axis ornament

Trench art created at the POW camp in Cowra, NSW.

By Kerry Neale

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Land Rover Series 2A

UNTAG Land Rover

In the late 1950s the Army selected the British Land Rover as its light general service vehicle.

By Shane Casey

Peacekeeping 1947 - today
Members of No. 3 Squadron with one of the parachutes for dropping ammunition.

Dropping in at Hamel

An innovation at the Battle of Hamel was created by an Australian aircraft-industry pioneer.

By Di Rutherford

First World War 1914 - 1918
An old Frenchwoman at the entrance to her brick house, Villers-Bretonneux

Alone in the Ruins

After the battle, war correspondent Charles Bean found an elderly woman alone in the ruins.

First World War 1914 - 1918
X-ray image showing shrapnel in a hand

A glimpse of horror

Many images capture the brutality of war, some more effectively than most.

First World War 1914 - 1918
Australian troops serving in INTERFET pass a group of East Timorese locals celebrating independence.

Exploring East Timor

The official history of Australia’s role in the East Timor crisis.

By Dr David Sutton

Peacekeeping 1947 - today
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
Vibrant painting showing a man eating with a Nazi soldier, with other green uniformed soldiers brandishing weapons outside to search haystacks.

Stories of Survival

An immigrant artist left a record of her wartime story.

By Ally Roche

Second World War 1939 - 1945
HMAS Perth at sea in a camouflage scheme.

The Perth sail

In early 1942, HMAS Perth was sunk during the Battle of Sunda Strait.

By Amanda New

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Four men stand against a brick wall, in front are seven men sitting on the ground.

Fit for Purpose

An airframe fitter was an essential job in Bomber Command.

By Chris Goddard

Second World War 1939 - 1945
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 1914 - 1918
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
Neil Davis leaps through the jungles of South Vietnam with his hand held Bell and Howell camera c. 1967

The crowded hours

Neil Davis lived on his instincts to produce startling footage of wars in Asia.

By Tim Bowden

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975
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 1939 - 1945
Painting by John Singer Sergeant of 22 General Officers of the First World War in military dress.

Learning to command

Leaders on the Western Front were more open to learning modern warfare than often assumed.

By Dr Aimee Fox

First World War 1914 - 1918
Japanese workmen wearing gas masks directing jet from a mobile flame-thrower towards a pile of gasoline-soaked debris.

Toxic Island

The messy and painstaking work of cleaning up munitions in the former theatres of WWII

By Emma White

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Forged in Fire book cover

Forged in Fire

An Australian commando's story of life and death on the frontline.

Scott Ryder

Reviewed by Catherine Gay

Afghanistan 2001 - 2021
Lancaster bomber aircraft during an air attack on the city of Hamburg

Failed to Return

The search for missing aircrew in the Second World War was painstaking and painful.

By Dr Lachlan Grant

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Corporal Alexander MacNeil c1915

A VC on any other day

The brave exploits of Lieutenant Alexander MacNeil at Bullecourt.

By Michael Kelly

First World War 1914 - 1918