World War II
Coalition to commit $63.2 million to veterans' jobs, health
A Morrison government will fund new programs to help veterans, and fund the digitisation of WWII service records.
- by David Crowe
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Shipping
Ship sunk by enemy sub found after 77 years on bottom of Bass Strait
Scientists have used sonar technology and a special drop camera to find the SS Iron Crown, 700 metres down and about 100 kilometres off the Victorian coast.
- by Gemma Najem
Opinion
Opinion
'It is used strategically': Secret weapon of war targets women
Details about the deaths of 21 Australian nurses have only just been revealed - yet what they experienced is absolutely commonplace in wartime.
- by Jenna Price
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Japan
Australian nurse was ordered to keep war crimes secret
As they were prodded with bayonets into the water, Sister Esther Stewart called out: "Girls take it, don't squeal."
- by Tim Barlass
World War II
From the Archives: The Battle of Cape Matapan
Between March 27-29, 1941, the British Mediterranean fleet - including the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth - dealt the Italian navy a humiliating defeat.
- by Staff reporter and A.A.P.
Public service
Prominent Australians call for stop to War Memorial expansion
A letter signed by some of Australia's most respected writers, historians, former leaders and ex-public servants rejects the $498 million project.
- by Doug Dingwall
Opinion
Opinion
The amazing bond of Dudley Marrows and the U-boat captain he saved
Dudley Marrows, the war hero who destroyed a German submarine, saved its crew, and 40 years later became the friend of the captain, dies at 101.
- by Tony Wright
Search for lost Australian WWII destroyer to begin off Sri Lanka
Grandad was one of the last off the vessel. He had to do the SOS call.
- by Tim Barlass
Canberra
How the relics of a wartime ship are being reforged in Canberra's bush
Veterans are making military daggers from the nails of a wartime special forces vessel in the bush capital.
- by Steve Evans
USA
Sailor in iconic WWII kiss photo dies at 95
The iconic image of George Mendonsa in Times Square had an unusual twist: he had never met the woman he was kissing.
World War II
From the Archives, 1945: The liberation of Manila
On this day in 1945, Herald reporter Jack Percival filed a first-hand account of the liberation of the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, where he had spent the last three years as a prisoner-of-war.
- by Jack Percival