Category: Military History

Anzac Guerrillas – Podcast

Anzac Guerrillas – Podcast

by | Oct 31, 2025 | | 0

When the Germans took thousands of Allied prisoners during the catastrophic Greek campaign of 1941, a handful of Australian soldiers escaped from prison trains in occupied Yugoslavia. What awaited them was not passage home, but a brutal underground war where the fate of a nation was at stake.

Told through the eyes of two of the Australian escapees – mineworker Ross Sayers and storeman Ronald Jones – Anzac Guerrillas is the incredible true story of how these men became resistance fighters, double agents and spies, evading the Nazis and exposing a group of genocidal collaborators.

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Karl Muller and the fatal lemon

Karl Muller and the fatal lemon

by | Oct 6, 2025 | , | 0

Reading time: 6 minutes
Britain had been wary of foreign agents operating within its shores in the run up to the First World War, and the Secret Service Bureau – now commonly known as MI5 – had been established in 1909. It had found great success rounding up German spies when the conflict broke out. Nonetheless, it was vigilant that enemy operatives might attempt to send reports on Britain’s military and economy back home.

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Lessons from the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, three decades after the genocide it failed to stop

Lessons from the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, three decades after the genocide it failed to stop

by | Sep 25, 2025 | , , | 0

Reading time: 6 minutes
Dispatched with a fatally timid mission, many ordinary U.N. soldiers in Rwanda took extraordinary actions, using diplomacy, cultural awareness and community engagement. Their actions saved close to 30,000 lives, according to Romeo Dallaire, who led the U.N.’s deployment in Rwanda. Learning from what actually worked on this famously failed mission can save lives in the future.

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Napoleon’s bicentenary: why celebrating the French emperor has become so controversial

Napoleon’s bicentenary: why celebrating the French emperor has become so controversial

by | Sep 23, 2025 | , , | 0

Reading time: 5 minutes
Napoleon Bonaparte may have died 200 years ago, but the vast ramifications of his rule can still be felt – and not only in France. This year marks the last in a series of bicentenaries since 1969, the 200th anniversary of his birth, but the chance to give the most famous emperor in French history another send-off is proving distinctly tricky – and not only because of COVID-19 restrictions.

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How the Great War shaped the foundations of Australia’s future

How the Great War shaped the foundations of Australia’s future

by | Sep 10, 2025 | , , | 0

Reading time: 9 minutes
It is striking that 2015 is the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli offensive, the 80th anniversary of end of the Second World War in the Pacific, and the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. This is a good time to reflect not only on the actions of those wars, but on their consequences and their enduring legacies.

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