Wartime Magazine Issue 31
Winter 2005
60th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War
- Reflections by Helen Withnell.
The Acting Director of the Australian War Memorial's comment - The last raid by John White.
Beauforts in the last RAAF action of the war. - The ‘lucky’ ship by Robert Nichols.
The RAN’s last major action of the war. - Soldier of ‘utmost courage’: Diver Derrick by Peter Stanley.
Tarakan was one of the final bloody campaigns of the Pacific war. - DISCUSSION: The end of the war by Garth Pratten, Tom Lewis and Chris Clark.
Eminent historians respond to our questions. - DISCUSSION: Dropping the bomb by Gar Alperovitz, Peter Stanley and Teruko Blair.
On the 60th anniversary two historians and a Hiroshima survivor reflect on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. - Winning the peace by Craig Wilcox.
How the war changed Australia. - Accepting the Japanese surrender by Eric Carpenter.
An iconic photograph reveals an Australian commander’s attitudes toward his foe. - The humiliation of defeat by Steven Bullard.
A Japanese surrender on Bougainville. - Ambush at Manggar by Mark Johnston.
Grim fighting at Balikpapan in the final days of the war. - The birth of a remarkable institution by Peter Londey.
The San Francisco UN conference, 1945. - Roy and Nancy by Vanessa Seekee.
The only wedding in the Torres Strait during the Second World War. - Code war by Chris Clark.
The story of Central Bureau. - The campaign for Crete: May 1941 by Al Palazzo.
A brief but vicious battle. - Looking back by Carla Marchant.
A Canberra artist offers a retrospective interpretation. - Traitor or unsung patriot by Steven Bullard.
Court martial of an Australian for treachery at the end of the war. - Eyewitness: ‘If you didn’t scrounge, you died’
- Eddie Gilbert recalls his time in Tan Tui prisoner-of-war camp.
- Plus regular features, including book reviews, letters and Memorial news.
