Australia’s year of utter devastation
IT was the most disastrous time in our history, at home and away. This man’s extraordinary feat was a little-known bright spot in 12 shocking months.
Anzac Centenary
Cygnet has courage in spades
THE picturesque Channel township of Cygnet came to a standstill as residents turned out en masse for a grassroots Anzac Day commemoration.
Story of Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel photo
THIS is the most iconic image of the Kokoda campaign — yet it happened, like so much in war, entirely by chance.
A remarkable piece of Anzac history
IN caves in a small village just north of Amiens in France, you’ll find the names of Anzac soldiers who went behind enemy lines scrawled on the walls.
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Incredible photographs from WWII
HAUNTING photos that combine contemporary images with eyewitness photos have revealed moments of history and the present day, 70 years after WWII ended.
Pretty Lone Pine hides battle scars
A HUNDRED years on since the battle of Lone Pine and the place is picture postcard perfect but the scenery hides the true story of the place our Anzacs knew.
Were the British to blame?
AS we mark 100 years since the desperate struggle at Lone Pine, there’s a thrilling debate happening in our AnzacLive blog right here, right now.
Blood, bare hands and bayonets
IT was a warm summer’s afternoon when the whistles blew — and hundreds of Australians stormed a Turkish stronghold called Lone Pine.
Killer women struck from the trees
THEY hid in trees to pick off stragglers — and soldiers reported killing and capturing them. But did the mysterious women snipers of Gallipoli actually exist?
Simpson and his … possum?
THE best-known Aussie war hero was a Pom with controversial politics who was only there because a dodgy plan went wrong. And he had a possum before a donkey.
How Stubby snatched a spy
HERO hounds, cats in cannons, a fox that flies — and elephants on the Western Front. These are the cutest, and weirdest, animals of war.
The Aussie sub that turned the tide
PROMISED the world, all the crew of Australian submarine AE2 would get for defying the odds and delivering a much needed ANZAC Day victory was obscurity.
VCs spearhead Lone Pine centenary
OUR four living Victoria Cross recipients will make a special pilgrimage to stand shoulder to shoulder on the hallowed Lone Pine turf.
Kayak adventure for the Anzacs
OVER the years, Australians have chosen a myriad of different ways to pay their respects to the Anzacs of Gallipoli. Huw Kingston got in a kayak.
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