August 6, 1915 — The Battle of Lone Pine begins
The Battle of Lone Pine – or, if you’re Turkish, the Battle of Kanli Sirt – was a five day...
November 24, 2019
All the Fine Young Men
October 31, 1917 — Turkish lines are broken at Beersheba
By 1917, British and Commonwealth forces under General Allenby were slowly progressing northward through Turkish-occupied Palestine, but the advance stalled...
October 4, 2019
April 10, 1941 — The siege of Tobruk begins
In early 1941, the Allied forces in North Africa, comprised mostly of British and Commonwealth units (the Australians being the...
January 29, 2019
July 20, 1942 — The defence of the Kokoda Trail begins
It is one of Australia’s greatest military triumphs: a simple holding action across a narrow dirt trail that spanned the...
December 14, 2018
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