Anniversary of the sinking of HMAS Sydney II

In 2008, the wrecks of HMAS Sydney II and the German raider Kormoran were found off the coast of...

The completion of the Thai Burma Railway

The tombstones of 3,149 Commonwealth soldiers are laid out in a semi-circle in the Burmese town...

“It is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that, in consequence of a persistence by...

September 3 marks the 80th anniversary of Britain’s 1939 declaration of war on Germany After...

Victory in the Pacific Day (VP Day) is commemorated each year on August 15 Also referred to as...

'The jungle stamps an indelible imprint on those who fight in it But guts, endurance,...

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 marked the official end...

‘Bullets everywhere – hell on earth amongst the clouds in the mountains …’ With these...

“It was a tragedy: the dying and the hating equally…but there emerged a sense of values which...