Dr David Sutton

Senior Historian, Military History

Dr David Sutton specialises in the Second World War in Europe and Australian peacekeeping operations. 

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
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