Category: World War II
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Wadi Akarit, Tunisia
‘After Mareth…our next engagement was at a place called Wadi Akarit…The Wadi…was at the end of a long flat plain dominated by mountains. I think the Djebel Roumana was one of the mountains…’ Major Peter Watson, 7th Battalion Black Watch1 After turning off the north/south road, I made my way along a baked clay track…
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Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia
When I visited the Enfidaville War Cemetery in Tunisia, I soon discovered I was not the only Australian there…
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Searching for The Few Part IV, England
‘There’ll be blue birds over, the White Cliffs of Dover‘ Wherever I travel, with only a few very rare exceptions, I have found that bus drivers are always happy to help out an international visitor. This day was no different, and as the bus slowed, the driver glanced up at the mirror and gave me…
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Searching for The few Part III, England
RAF Hawkinge and the Kent Battle of Britain Museum It was a short train ride from Ashford to my new base at Folkestone, and with a few hours to kill before I could check in to my accommodation, I headed to the town’s clifftop promenade. The weekend’s rainy weather had finally cleared, and a wan…
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Searching for The Few Part II, England
Headcorn Battle of Britain Airshow, 2024 Wearing full wet-weather gear, I sat in the bus as it ploughed through the puddles towards the Headcorn Aerodrome. Having arrived in England a few days before from the south of France, I was experiencing something of a climate shock. I had booked a three day ticket to the…
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Searching for The Few Part I, England
It was a typically cold and drizzly day, with leaden clouds sitting low over the flat farmland. Approaching the speed restricted zone outside the town, I backed off the accelerator and flicked on the wipers. ‘Should be…just about…yep…here it is…’ I said out loud, despite being the only one in the car. I indicated left,…
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The Last Flight of the Tulsamerican, Croatia
Beneath the waters off Vis Island, Croatia, lies a poignant reminder of the sacrifice made by Allied airmen during World War II
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El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
Australian families and towns will be forever connected to a dusty, sunburnt place far away on the other side of the world.
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Diving the Ghosts of Corsica Part I, France
Our short boat trip to the waters off the village of Miomo would take us to the site of one of Corsica’s World War II aviation mysteries – a United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-47 Thunderbolt about which very little is known.
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Red Cross Concentration Camp, Serbia
I crossed the Nisava River, and headed north through steady drizzle. Another kilometre and I reached my destination: the foreboding walls of the Red Cross Concentration Camp.