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The Home (movie) Front
The development of the domestic cine-camera as a smaller, light-weight and user-friendly device throughout the 1930s and 1940s, as well as the increasing availability of 16mm and 8mm film, encouraged individuals to record their lives in moving image and share their films with others.
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Hitler's Panzer Generals
They were fighting for Germany, but also serving themselves. By David Stahel
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The Normandy myths
The notion that the Allies fought badly on Normandy does not hold up. By Robin Prior
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Daring Deeds: Captain Lionel Matthews
On 2 March 2015, the Memorial accepted the donation of a George Cross which had been posthumously awarded to Captain Lionel Colin Matthews.
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On a Nuremberg moon
One raid in 1944 became Bomber Command's worst night of the war. By Lachlan Grant
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"A terrific flash of light"
Corporal Allan Chick's story is one of survival against the odds, after surviving many horrors of war. By Meghan Adams
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Spinning the reels: Australians in Russia, 1919
Australians continued to serve after the Armistice that ended the First World War. By Emma White.
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Operation Babylift
Crews of RAAF Hercules C130's had an unusual mission in their last month in Vietnam. By Emily Hyles.
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Bringing home a bride
From ancient times to modern, wars have produced tales of love between soldiers sent to foreign shores and civilians there who received them. By Anna Wilkinson.
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A VC on any other day
Lieutenant Alexander MacNeil's exploits at Bullecourt placed him among the bravest Australians of the First AIF.
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War in the Mountains
Some of the bitterest fighting of the war took place in the Alps, but the front line was often the least of the Italian soldiers' worries. By Vanda Wilcox.
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Two wheels to the Front Line
During the First World War the bicycle was a significant item of military equipment, yet it is often overlooked by historians.
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Looking back at Vietnam
The Vietnam War was Australia's longest and most controversial military commitment of the 20th century. By Ashley Ekins.
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Mission to Iran
Squadron Leader Rita Blackstock, a Royal Australian Air Force nurse, was posted to the second United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF II) peacekeeping operation in December 1978. By Amanda New.
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Spinning the reels: Kaleidoscopic decay
Film has an enduring power to shape the way the Australian public have understood and remembered war. By Victoria Poppins.
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Finishing the job
The Australian return to Afghanistan in 2005 was difficult, but it produced lessons that need to be learned.
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Out in the cold
Australians served all over the world during the Second World War, and by far the most travelled were those serving in the Royal Australian Air Force. By Hannah Max Billington.
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A long road to acceptance
For LGBTIQ+ service personnel in the Australian Defence Force, their fight for equality and recognition was one step too far for those in the corridors of power. By Noah Riseman.
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