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The small hill in Europe where courage and hope refuse to die
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (241+ words) This quiet hillside is an emotional symbol of a nation's defiance. It's a drizzly afternoon, midway through an 11-day UTracks Treasures of the Baltic cycle tour, when we reach Lithuania's Hill of Crosses and the weather seems apt for this…...
Battle of Long Tan still carries scars 60 years on
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (417+ words) Singer Little Pattie headed to Vietnam aged just 17 to entertain Australian troops, but wasn't prepared for a mid-show evacuation during the Battle of Long Tan. Sixty years on from Australia's most costly engagement of the Vietnam War, painful memories remain....
Australian War Memorial commemorates Kabul anniversary
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (480+ words) The Australian War Memorial is marking the end of the nation's longest conflict and its ongoing impact with concerts featuring a musician who assisted with the evacuation. Musician and diplomat Fred Smith OAM was present during the fall of Kabul…...
Memorial unveiled for army chopper crash victims
3+ week, 3+ day ago (573+ words) A memorial for aviators who died in an army helicopter crash is being unveiled almost three years on from the tragedy. Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs were killed when…...
Austria turns Hitler's birthplace into a police station
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (185+ words) Adolf Hitler's birthplace in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn will open as a police station on Wednesday following several years of renovation in a move intended to prevent the building from continuing to attract neo-Nazis. The renovation cost…...
France pauses to honour Jewish victims of Nazi terror
4+ week, 2+ day ago (337+ words) France has commemorated the Vel d'Hiv roundup, a mass arrest of Jews by French police in 1942, one of the most shameful acts undertaken by the country's wartime government. French police rounded up thousands of Jews over two days in July…...
China officials warned over 'provocative' missile test
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (447+ words) Australia has raised concerns about Beijing's missile launch into the Pacific with multiple levels of Chinese officials as one minister declares the test the act of a poor neighbour. The fallout of China's long-range missile test has continued almost a…...
Preserving the future of our past: The modern face of the Australian War Memorial's new membership
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (593+ words) Step behind the scenes with an Australian War Memorial membership. This is sponsored content for The Australian War Memorial. You don't need a military background to appreciate the incredible art, preservation science, and human stories housed within the Australian War…...
China test fires missile in Pacific as alliance struck
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (276+ words) China has confirmed it has test launched a strategic missile from a submarine in the Pacific Ocean. Chinese state media said the test was a missile topped with a dummy warhead in "designated waters" as part of a routine arrangement…...
Disposing of world war's deadly remnants 80 years on
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (837+ words) It's been more than 80 years since the guns of World War II fell silent, yet the deadly remnants of conflict continue to pose danger in the South Pacific. Millions of tonnes of unexploded munitions still litter the globe, many of…...