war – Page 4 – Nick Miller

‘I once was lost but now am found’: Anzac’s grave finally named

April 27, 2015April 28, 2015 admin Anzac Day, Somme, war, world war 1

Athol Kirkland, a labourer from the Mudgee region in NSW, died in action in early April 1918. Source: ‘I once

Tony Abbott unveils plans for new Sir John Monash Centre in France

April 26, 2015April 28, 2015 admin museum, The Somme, Tony Abbott, Villers-Bretonneux, war, Western Front, world war 1

A new war museum at the Australian memorial in northern France will take inspiration from old sacrifice and new technology

Anzac 100: Australians and New Zealanders remember the fallen in London

April 25, 2015April 28, 2015 admin Anzac Day, dawn service, London, remembrance, war, world war 1

As two minutes’ silence descended on Hyde Park Corner, the usually-roaring hub of the old Empire preternaturally quiet, a seagull

Turkish trenches discovered on Gallipoli peninsula after 100 years

April 24, 2015April 28, 2015 admin archeology, feature, Gallipoli, historians, war, world war 1

A historian retraces the steps of the first Anzacs at Gallipoli and finds the hidden site of an historic encounter.

Russian to judgement

March 6, 2015 admin Cold War, feature, history, NATO, politics, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, United States, war

A British academic published a new book airing a controversial theory: that the West, not Russia, bears a large amount