World War II
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‘Like a civil war’: The real Battle of Brisbane that pitted allies against each other
Over two days, American and Australian troops used batons, broken furniture, knives, guns, broken bottles and fists to settle scores.
- by Tony Moore
Violence crisis demands urgent response
Violence against women is under focus yet again – something that never seems to change.
Anzac Day 2024 as it happened: Dawn services, two-up across the nation as Australia remembers its Diggers
Australians are attending dawn services across the country and around the world to mark Anzac Day.
- by Josefine Ganko and Catherine Naylor
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Anzac Day
Leon opened a draw and found the lost history of his WWII veteran father
Proudly wearing Frans’ service medals at the King’s Park Anzac Day dawn service on Thursday morning Leon can retell his father’s WWII experience in extraordinary detail.
- by Hamish Hastie
Anzac Day: Just the therapy Sydney needed to heal a ‘broken heart’
New RSL NSW president Mick Bainbridge says the community needed to come back together again for Anzac Day.
- by Tim Barlass
Melbourne remembers those who served and lost their lives for Australia
Anzac Day in Melbourne this year marked the efforts of peacekeepers, who have served overseas for Australia in a bid to save lives in other countries.
- by Alex Crowe
PM pays tribute on the Kokoda Track, ‘this great artery of mud and suffering and perseverance’
After two days climbing the muddy path through the mountains of PNG, Albanese and Marape marked the dawn service at the Isurava battlefield memorial.
- by Matthew Knott
Opinion
Anzac Day
The missing emotion that needs to be articulated on Anzac Day – rage
Eleven decades on from the horrors of Gallipoli, I am yet to see a thunderous piece of writing saying what needs to be said.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Nearly 1 million Australians served in World War II. Now fewer than 3000 are alive
We spoke to three veterans who were in the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the RAAF. The men have a combined age of 296 years.Â
- by Tim Barlass
Perspective
Perspective
The Yachties, cruelly overlooked but now not forgotten
Few of us know that hundreds of Australians fought and suffered in the British Royal Navy in World War II, only to be largely left out of their nation’s war history – until now.
- by Tony Wright