World War I
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- Russia-Ukraine war
How a three-day invasion has surpassed World War One and threatens global catastrophe
More than 100 years later, the technology has changed, but there remain remarkable similarities between the First World War and the war in Ukraine. Once again hundreds of thousands of lives have wasted to move battle lines meagre distances and the world is at a tipping point.
- Dennis Glover
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Uncle Ray Minniecon served in the army. His brothers and grandfather fought in wars. None of this stopped the booing on Anzac Day
In the distressing hours after he was booed at the dawn service in Martin Place, the elder’s phone lit up with two important calls.
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- Anzac Day
‘War never solves anything’: Veterans honoured across Australia on Anzac Day
As dusk draws near, 111 years after Gallipoli, pubs are swelling with camaraderie and two-up following dawn services and marches to honour those who served and died for their country.
- Patrick Begley, Jack Gramenz and Sally Rawsthorne
Damp streets and deep silence: Brisbane remembers in the pre-dawn darkness
Under a smattering of rain, thousands filled Anzac Square in Brisbane to mark 111 years since the Gallipoli landing with a sacred and sombre dawn service.
- Cameron Atfield
The lieutenant, the liar and the leather-bound file: Inside the 30-year fight to clear Gordon Whitlam
The prime minister’s uncle was wrongly court-martialled as a young officer in World War I. He spent decades trying to clear his name.
- Tony Wright
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- Anzac Day
What do Winston Churchill and Pete Hegseth have in common? The answer came to me at Gallipoli
Anzac Cove is our place to commemorate the futility of running into a war when an imperial master clicks his fingers. How can you not choke back tears at all that loss?
- Malcolm Knox
Librarian’s skills and a ray of light identify fallen World War I soldier
The granddaughter of a Great War soldier has been united with his photograph, which was handed in to the State Library of Victoria.
- Carolyn Webb
‘A completely unique freak experience’: Stepping back into Peaky Blinders is never easy for Cillian Murphy
The acclaimed Irish actor rarely revisits a role, but there’s something about Irish gangster Tommy Shelby that he can’t shake.
- Jacqueline Cutler
Australia pledges to restore Anzac war graves bulldozed during war in Gaza
Satellite imagery has revealed parts of a Commonwealth cemetery containing Anzac burials had been bulldozed during Israeli military operations over the past two years.
- Rob Harris