When Hitler declared war on Great Britain in 1939, here in Australia, the Prime Minister Robert Menzies addressed the nation on 3 September: ‘Fellow Australians, it is my melancholy duty ...
History - WW2
A Letter from HMAS Sydney
Halvorsen’s – boat building during WW2
Lifeboat No. 7 – 23 days at sea
Japanese Surrender in Toyko-from Warramunga’s Surgeon
Report of Engagement between HMAS Sydney and Kormoran
Obituary: Reinhold von Malapert
The Sinking of MV Koolama, 1942
Book Review: A Very Rude Awakening
A Very Rude Awakening: The night the Japanese midget subs came to Sydney Harbour. By Peter Grose Allen & Unwin Reviewed by Tim Duchesne On 31 May 1942, three cruisers, ...
Further Reflections on the Sydney/Kormoran Battle, 1941
Leadership: Admiral of the Fleet Isoroku Yamamoto
U-859 – From Germany to Penang
The Battle of the Atlantic – Contribution by Code Breakers
Book Review: Shadow Voyage – Escape of the SS Bremen
Leadership: Vice Admiral Nagumo & the Third Wave Decision
Reflections on the Sydney/Kormoran Battle 1941
Book Review: Japanese Submarine Raiders – 1942
Japanese Submarine Raiders – 1942. A Maritime Mystery. By Steven Carruthers. Caper Publications Pty Ltd, Narrabeen. ISBN 0-9775630-0-4. Hard cover, 264pp Reviewed by Sandy Saunders Being a comparative newcomer to ...
Letters: Followup on Admiral Karl Doenitz
Rushcutter Graduates in the Battle of the Atlantic
The Kelly Story
Remembering “Hec’ – Captain H Waller RAN
Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka and his famous ‘Tokyo Express’
Leadership: Admiral Karl Doenitz
Some notes on WW2 Survival in Liferafts
After the sinking of HMS Glorious with very heavy loss of life from exposure in Arctic waters, Ron Dowle explained that an admiral afterwards asked him what he would have ...
