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Shared by Hannes Trautloft (

Lieutenant) March 28, 2016

This film is a documentary on the German invasion of Crete during World War 2 and its eventual fall in ten days. It emphasizes the German victory over British, New Zealander and Australian forces rested in superior air power. Animated maps show direction of invasion, course of battles and Allied...read more

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Shared by Hannes Trautloft (

Lieutenant) January 12, 2015

Stage two of the isolation and reduction of the Japanese fortress of Rabaul was the seizure of key bases at the opposite (Western) end of the 370-mile long island of New Britain, cutting enemy supply lines and providing advance airfields for continuing attacks on the stronghold. You'll see all...read more

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Shared by DDIke (

HQ Batallón) October 23, 2014

A memorial has been dedicated at Palo, Leyte to honour the 92 Australians who gave their lives during the liberation of the Philippines in the Second World War. The monument stands close to the site where General Douglas MacArthur first stepped ashore after leading the advance from Australia,...read more

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Shared by DDIke (

HQ Batallón) September 27, 2014

Although 10 years have passed since the first edition of Richard Pelvin's compilation of images depicting (mostly) Australians in WWII it is well worth a second look.

This edition, which appears to be identical to the first including the rather clunky foreword by the then Australian War...read more

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HQ Batallón) September 06, 2014

... Australia's attention is currently focused on the centenary of the First World War, and one might be forgiven for assuming that Yarra was talking about the Great War. Certainly many of the young Australians who served and died in that terrible conflict expressed similar thoughts when they...read more

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Shared by DDIke (

HQ Batallón) July 17, 2014

... author Patricia Evans invites her readers to remember the historic events of this time, and the sacrifices made by Allied servicemen, as they fought and died for the fate of the free world. The origins of this book came during a holiday inDarwin, Northern Territory, when Evans was...read more

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Battle of Crete - German Invasion of Crete (1941)

Attack! The Battle for New Britain - Restored - 1944

Australians honoured at Philippine World War II memorial site

"Second World War" by Richard Pelvin

The war that shaped Australia

"The Enemy Knocks" by Patricia Evans (Xlibris AU)

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