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Allied High Command
Private Record
SURRENDER DOCUMENTS (PHOTOCOPIES) SIGNED BY GERMAN COMMANDERS AT RHEIMS, FRANCE ON 8 MAY 1945 ON CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES.EXDOC164
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Allied victory
Film
Maker: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc
An Encyclopaedia Britannica educational film covering the history of the Second World War commencing with the entry of the United States in December 1941. Introduction on camera by Louis L. Snyder, Ph...F03324
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Alone (World at war)
Film
Maker: Thames Television International Ltd
Rallied by Churchill, Britain fights on after Dunkirk. The RAF wins the Battle of Britain. The Nazis overun Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete.F10222-04
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Arpad Maleter
Art
Maker: Binder, Tibor
Depicts portrait of Hungarian soldier, Arpad Maleter, sitting, side profile smoking a pipe, arms crossed, in Gross-Born Army Barracks, Germany. Tibor Binder served in the Hungarian Army Artillery, was...ART27827
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Back them up!: A British tank attack in the Western Desert
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
This British Second World War poster depicts a British Matilda tank in the foreground, with guns ablaze, leading a convoy of others. To the left of the poster, a German tank burns, with German soldier...ARTV02305
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Back them up!: Britain's new Airborne Army goes into action in Europe
Art
Maker: Oliphant, Leslie H.M. Stationery Office Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd
This British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information. The poster depicts Allied soldiers and gliders going in to battle in Europ...ARTV02295
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Barbarossa (World at war)
Film
Maker: Thames Television International Ltd
Hitler turns against Russia.F10222-05
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Battle for Tunisia
Film
Title : Battle for Tunisia. This captured German film shows Italian fleet, Japanese submarine crew, and Rommel. Also seen is the landing of British forces and equipment, British convoy, and ships ab...F00815
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Bluhm, H (Oberkommando Schuetzen, Afrika Corps, Wehrmacht)
Private Record
Maker: German government
TANK BATTLE DECORATION CERTIFICATE AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (2ND CLASS) CERTIFICATEPR83/046
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1. Brisbane, country champions on parade 2. German rocket guns. (News From Home. No. 104)
Film
1. (1 min 28 sec) Brisbane entertains troops with a small agricultural show including a cattle parade, sheepdog trials and wood chop event 2. (52 sec) Captured German film showing rocket artillery in ...F00784
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5 cm Pak 38 Anti Tank Gun
Technology
German Anti-tank gun. The gun has a barrel of monobloc construction with a double baffle muzzle brake. The barrel is a twenty groove, right hand twist type. The breech is of the horizontal sliding blo...RELAWM36890
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2.8 cm sPzB le Fl 41 Anti tank Gun
Technology
Antitank gun featuring the Gerlich tapered bore barrel. The barrel is of monobloc construction with interrupted flanges at the breech end to receive the breech ring which is locked in position by a s...RELAWM36883
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1. Crack swimmers take to water between war jobs 2. Chasing Rommel through Libya (Fox Movietone News Vol. 14 No. 6)
Film
1. (1 min 42 sec) On leave from New Guinea, Geoff Valentin wins NSW 100 metres 2. (5 min) Latest film of 8th Army's advance. Thousands of prisoners taken including General Ritter Von Thoma, German Com...F00378
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Desert (World at war)
Film
Maker: Thames Television International Ltd
North Africa, the Battle of El Alamein and Operation Torch.F10222-08
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Distant war (World at war)
Film
Maker: Thames Television International Ltd
The German war machine begins to roll. Britain's expeditionary force in Norway. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain.F10222-02
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[Extracts from German newsreels: French and Norwegian campaigns, 1940]
Film
Maker: Universum Film AG
Extracts from various German UFA newsreels with commentary in Spanish or English. Stories covered are: Dunkirk (Spanish commentary). French campaign, destruction of Beligium forts at Lille, fall of Va...F01943
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Ferenc Torr
Art
Maker: Binder, Tibor
German Army Hungarian soldier in army barracks, Gross-Born Army Barracks, Germany. Red stripe on sleeve indicates that they were eligible for officer school. Subject is Hungarian officer cadet. Note: ...ART27847
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Flak 30 Anti Aircraft Gun Barrel
Technology
The 2 cm Flak 30 was the standard German light anti aircraft gun until the introduction of the 2 cm Flak 38 and the Flakvierling 38. It is recoil-operated, fed by 20-round magazine, and may be fired e...RELAWM33818
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Forward to Victory
Art
Maker: Brule Unknown
Second World War poster depicting British soldiers in the foreground charging with their guns towards retreating Germany Army Soldiers in the background.ARTV05079
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For you the war is over
Art
Pencil sketch created in Ekali, Greece depicting the capture of an Australian officer and one soldier by German troops at an Australian hospital camp in 1941. The men had stayed behind to look after t...ART94378
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France falls (World at war)
Film
Maker: Thames Television International Ltd
German armour and airpower mount their massive onslaught against France. the country falls and the British retreat to the Channel coast.F10222-03
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Frigyes Raffay
Art
Maker: Binder, Tibor
Depicts a portrait of Frigyes Raffay, an Hungarian soldier in Gross-Born Army Barracks, Germany. Tibor Binder served in the Hungarian Army Artillery, was captured by the Americans and held a POW in Ro...ART27830
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German ersatz soap bar: Tatura Internment Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Square brown opaque block of soap made from German clay and fibres. The surface of the soap is cracked and crazed. The top of the soap has two repeated German words impressed into it reads 'Singer/ Si...REL/00451
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German Non Commissioned Officer's Dress Sword and Scabbard : German Army
Technology
German Second World War Non Commissioned Officer's Dress Sword and Scabbard. The hilt is a chrome plated single bar stirrup type with langets over the ricasso and backstrap with ears pinned to the bla...RELAWM34385
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German soldier, musician in camp theatre orchestra
Art
Maker: Binder, Tibor
Unidentified German soldier playing a violin, musician in prisoner of war camp theatre orchestra, Mailly-le-Camp, France.ART27845
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German Third Reich Army Officer's Dress Sword Scabbard
Technology
German Third Reich Army Officer's Dress Sword Scabbard. Black painted curved steel scabbard with a loose hanger strap ring on a band 80 mm from the throat.REL/07126.002
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German Third Reich Non Commissioned Officer's Sword : German Army
Technology
German Second World War Non Commissioned Officer's dress sword and scabbard. The hilt is a chrome plated single bar stirrup type with langets over the ricasso and backstrap with ears pinned to the bla...REL/07161.001
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German Third Reich Sword scabbard
Technology
German Third Reich Sword scabbard. Black painted steel scabbard with a loose hanger ring attached to a band 65 mm from the throat.RELAWM34387.002
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German West Wall Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German West Wall Medal. Bronze oval shaped medal. Obverse: A corner of a pill box surmounted by a crossed sword and spade with a Nazi eagle and swastika at the top, all within an oak leaf wreath. Reve...RELAWM30375
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Germany falls: Nazi leaders surrender unconditionally to Allies
Film
Maker: Unknown
Newsreel item on the signing of the articles of surrender by German Commanders. Covers the signing of surrender of German forces in Northern Italy and parts of Austria by two un-named German officers ...F10183
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Giersch, Walter Hermann August (Private, b.1896)
Private Record
Maker: Giersch, Walter Hermann August
German Army service pass issued to Walter Giersch, believed to later be a member of the South Australian National Socialist German Workers' Party.PR00493
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Greece - Crete (Anzac TV series)
Film
Maker: Artransa Park Television Pty Ltd
Greece - Crete (Anzac TV series)F10034-05
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Gyorgy Ramusi
Art
Maker: Binder, Tibor
Depicts a portrait of Hungarian soldier Gyorgy Ramusi in Gross-Born Army Barracks, Germany. Tibor Binder served in the Hungarian Army Artillery, was captured by the Americans and held a POW in Romelly...ART27824
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Halder, Franz, Generalobest, Chief of the General Staff of the Supreme Command of the German Army (OKH)
Manuscript
Maker: Halder, Franz
Bound mimeographed copies of the private war journals of Generaloberst Franz Halder, formerly Chief of the German General Staff, 1 September 1938 to 24 September 1942. The diaries cover the period 14 ...MSS1390
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Hungarian soldier, nicknamed 'Bumba la Negra'
Art
Maker: Binder, Tibor
Depicts a portrait of Hungarian gypsy soldier, nicknamed 'Bumba', in prisoner of war camp, Mailly-le-Camp, France.ART27838
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International military types
Art
Maker: Gordon, Dudley
Sheet of humorous head portraits of " International military types" by Dudley Gordon.ART94604
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1. In the wake of Rommel 2. The battle for Stalingrad. (News From Home No. 22)
Film
Maker: News from Home
Extracts from News From Home No. 22. Victory at El Alamein, through Hellfire Pass and on to Bardia and Tobruk (See also F01833 for unedited Department of Information footage)2. (2 min 44 sec). Russi...F00718
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Karle, Wilhelm (SS Rottenfuhrer, b.1923)
Private Record
Maker: Karle, Wilhelm
Records of service and decorations for SS Rottenfuhrer Wilhelm Karle, who served in the Western and Eastern Fronts in the Second World War. Includes records of promotions, training and decorations, in...PR01095
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Keep the enemy in the dark : be careful what you say or write
Art
Maker: [S.L.] : RECRUITING PUBLICITY BUREAU, UNITED STATES ARMY, 1944
This American Second World War poster depicts a soldier in the dark, being backlit with his arms in surrender. There were many campaigns during the Second World War to urge silence and security aroun...ARTV05561
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Loffler, Josef (Private, Wehmacht)
Private Record
Maker: Loffler, Josef
SOLDBUCH, PAYBOOK OF THE GERMAN ARMY BELONGING TO PTE LOFFLERPR83/057
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Marx, Ludwig (b.1892 - d.1959)
Private Record
Maker: Marx, Ludwig
Collection relating to Ludwig Marx, a German soldier in the First World War, and activist prior and during the Second World War. Marx opposed Hitler's regime and was arrested by the Gestapo in 1938 f...3DRL/6384
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149 mm decorated Italian Shell Case
Technology
Maker: Ansaldo
Enemy shell case trench art presented to Lt Huggett by members of his company of the 2/13 Bn. The case bears the inscription '2/13 Bn, Tobruk, 1941'. The headstamps on the case read '149/13' (the ca...RELAWM32958
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75 mm LG 40 Recoilless Rifle
Technology
A short barrelled rifled howitzer mounted on a light aluminum alloy wheeled carriage. A funneled Venturi tube is attached to the rear of the bored breechblock. This tube allows the propulsion gases t...RELAWM36871
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75 mm PaK 40 anti-tank gun
Technology
The Pak 40 was the standard anti-tank gun in the German army from 1941. The carriage has tubular split trails with a spade at the end of each trail. The wheels are stamped of light alloy and are fitte...REL/11500
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MP40 Submachine Gun
Technology
Maker: Steyr Daimler Puch AG
The MP40 submachine gun is a blowback operated weapon that fires from an open bolt. It fires in the full automatic role only. The weapon has a blued finish. The bolt system has a telescoping return s...RELAWM20724
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MP40 Submachine Gun
Technology
The MP40 submachine gun is a blowback operated weapon that fires from an open bolt. It fires in the full automatic role only. The weapon has a blued finish.The bolt system has a telescoping return sp...REL24838
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MP38 Submachine Gun
Technology
Maker: Erma
MP38 Submachine Gun. Blued metal construction receiver with a ribbed top cover and a two piece bolt mechanism. The stock and trigger box are a pressed alloy construction and have a green protective co...REL/02355
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MP40 Submachine Gun
Technology
The MP40 submachine gun is a blowback operated weapon that fires from an open bolt. It fires in the full automatic role only. The weapon has a blued finish.The bolt system has a telescoping return sp...REL27121
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MP40 Submachine Gun
Technology
Maker: Steyr Daimler Puch AG
The MP40 submachine gun is a blowback operated weapon that fires from an open bolt. It fires in the full automatic role only. The weapon has a blued finish. The bolt system has a telescoping return s...RELAWM31057
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Nazi Anschluss Campaign Medal
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Nazi Anschluss Campaign Medal. Obverse: A tall standing figure carrying a swastika banner in his left hand, assisted by a shorter figure with broken shackles (representing freed Austrians) to mount a ...RELAWM30356