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A Cretan couple witnesses the invasion
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Maker: Winters, Michael
A scared elderly Cretan couple stands in their home as the German paratroopers float to the earth. The civilians of Crete, along with the British and allied soldiers, were amazed by the sight of thous...ART92805
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Allied air offensive against Germany
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office J Weiner Ltd
A British Second World War poster illustrating the Allied air offensive against Germany up until 1st January 1941. This British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office...ARTV02271
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And now!
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Maker: Uptton, Clive Ministry of Supply Fosh & Cross Ltd.
British poster number 167 poster depicting a British soldier advancing past the bodies of German soldiers towards Japanese soldiers, the horizon is obscured by a Japanese flag (under the 'Beat Hitler...ARTV00049
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Brallos Pass, Greece
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Maker: Dargie, William
View of the landscape across Brallos Pass where the 6th Australian Division and New Zealand troops fought a rearguard battle against invading German forces during the Greek campaign.ART26298
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Cookhouse, Stalag Luft III, Germany
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Maker: Taylor, Howard
A black and white study of the grounds of Stalag Luft II with the 'cookhouse' in the midground, and with several drums or barrels in front of it. In the foreground is a basketball backing board, th...ART28574
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German paratroopers flight to Crete
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Maker: Winters, Michael
Within a plane flying over Crete German paratroopers sit and await their fate, around them swirls a dark spectre of death.ART92804
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German soldier in crouching position with rifle
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Maker: Cousins, Marcel
Cousins' 'German soldier' series of sculptures comments on the cliched nature of images of war through the use of toy soldiers. He offers a critique of both past and present conflicts in which Austral...ART94981
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German soldier running in position with rifle
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Maker: Cousins, Marcel
Cousins' 'German soldier' series of sculptures comments on the cliched nature of images of war through the use of toy soldiers. He offers a critique of both past and present conflicts in which Austral...ART94982
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German soldier with a grenade
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Maker: Cousins, Marcel
Cousins' 'German soldier' series of sculptures comments on the cliched nature of images of war through the use of toy soldiers. He offers a critique of both past and present conflicts in which Austral...ART94983
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Goon box and Russian work cart, Stalag Luft III, Germany
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Maker: Taylor, Howard
A view from within the camp looking out through a high, double fence. Guard box on right of the image, and through the fence, two figures in a horse-drawn wagon can be discerned against a forest backd...ART28570
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Huts, Stalag Luft III, Germany
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Maker: Taylor, Howard
A view of huts and fences at Stalag Luft III after rain and with sun breaking through clouds. Taylor set himself the task of describing atmospheric effects - in this case, the sky with rays of light a...ART28571
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Interior with bunks, Stalag Luft III, Germany
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Maker: Taylor, Howard
Unidentified prisoners of war in a bunk room at Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Poland. This is one of three works by Taylor held by the Memorial of this subject. Verso of ART28567 seems to have been his ini...ART28572
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Night march of the captured and a circle of the dead
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Maker: Winters, Michael
In this work Winters depicts events told to him by Captain William Travers of the 2/1st Battalion. Travers led his company over three campaigns. His relationship with his men and the respect he felt f...ART92807
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POW Camp, Germany
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Maker: Taylor, Howard
Howard Taylor was interned as a prisoner of war from 1940 until 1945. During this period he took up drawing to help pass the time. The Red Cross provided rudimentary art supplies and among those int...ART28573
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[Sunrise, Tatura camp]
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Maker: Adam, Leonhard
During the Second World War many German and Austrian civilians and soldiers were sent to internment camps and Prisoner-Of-War camps in Australia. These camps had to be located far from Australian citi...ART28626
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The church of St George and a wounded Australian
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Maker: Winters, Michael
The church of St George was used by the German’s as a safe house and position from which to attack the Allied soldiers. On 27 May in an attempt to take the Church and therefore destroy a threatening ...ART92789
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The Germans took over the camp
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Maker: Comber, Albert
Depicts a drawing of the German occupation of the camp 19, Bologna, when the Italians capitulated.ART34781.011
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The revival of German music, 1920
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Maker: Smith, Grace Cossington
This drawing depicts a 'Professor' conducting a choir of German children - each wearing the distinctive dress, and an identifying label of, the mercantile navy, trade, commerce and industry. The title...ART96852
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The towns of Germany
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Maker: Colahan, Colin
A German street scene with civilians walking amongst some ruins and smoke.ART26248
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Truce at Tobruk
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Maker: Dowie, John Stuart
Depicts the truce between the Germans and Australians at Tobruk on 4 August 1941 which enable each side to venture out into no man's land and collect their dead and wounded. The Australian soldier hol...ART26654