Australian Military History

By Warwick O'Neill

Focusing on specific events, people and groups throughout the history of Australia at arms.

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August 23, 2022 Long Tan - Part 1
With the newly established 1st Australian Task Force settled in to Nui Dat, work started on neutralising the Viet Cong activity in the area. The Viet Cong had other ideas. They wanted to draw out the Australians and engulf them with overwhelming numbers. Despite the mounting evidence, Brigadier Jackson didn't believe the North Vietnamese Army had arrived in Phuoc Tuy Province, even after a mortar attack was unleashed on the Task Force Base.
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August 17, 2022 Hardtack Podcast
G'day everyone. Follow this here link to tune into the story of our most humiliating military defeat.

https://anchor.fm/hsmh/episodes/Episode-03-The-Great-Emu-War-e1m08lk
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August 02, 2022 Broodseinde Ridge
On the backs of the victories of Menin Road and Polygon Wood, the 1st Anzac Corps pushed on towards the dominating feature of Broodseinde Ridge. This time though, they would have the men of the 2nd Anzac Corps fighting alongside them. The Battle would see the Allied troops looking down upon green pastures for the first time in three years, bringing hope that the war may soon be over.
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35min
July 12, 2022 Polygon Wood
Following on from the success of the Battle of Menin Road, the 4th and 5th Australian Divisions took over from the 1st and 2nd Divisions to launch the attack at Polygon Wood. But the day before the battle is to commence, a strong German counter attack seized the ground which elements of the 15th Brigade were to attack from. It was a precarious situation which needed to be rectified immediately or else the whole attack could be thrown into confusion.
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36min
June 21, 2022 Menin Road
In 1917, General Haig began what would become known as the Third Battle of Ypres, with the intention of capturing the village of Passchendaele. But getting to the village would require a series of bite-and-hold battles. In September, the 1st and 2nd Australian Divisions, along with British and South African Divisions, launched the third in the series of assaults, at Menin Road. For the first time in history, two Australian divisions would be fighting side-by-side. If they were to ever have this chance again, they would have to prove just how formidable they could be.
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34min
May 31, 2022 Ruin Ridge
During the 1st Battle of El Alamein the 9th Australian Division was tasked with the capture of Ruin Ridge. Despite heavy fighting during the opening stages they achieved some of their objectives, but their successes obliged General Rommel to divert large numbers of troops to contain the Australian advance. The fighting then became desperate, leading to heavy casualties and the near decimation of one battalion.

This episode is sponsored by History Guild. To check out their informative website, head to HistoryGuild.org.
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May 10, 2022 Lae - Salamaua Campaign
With control of the towns of Lae and Salamaua the troops of the Imperial Japanese Army were able to maintain control of shipping in and around the north coast of New Guinea and the island of New Britain. From here they had the potential to launch another attempt to capture Port Moresby. For the Allies, having pushed the Japanese back across the Owen Stanley Ranges and out of Buna, Gona and Sanananda, the opportunity to push the Japanese out of Salamaua and Lae. But the terrain would be just as formidable an enemy as the Japanese.
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36min
April 24, 2022 Anzac Day 2022
To all our veterans, young and old, thank you for your service and have a good day tomorrow.

Lest We Forget
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April 19, 2022 Battle of the Apple Orchard and Pakchon
Australia's 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) joined the UN Forces in Korea as they pushed north into North Korea. Their first battle in the was was the highly successful Battle of the Apple Orchard. Leading the UN Forces north, along with the Argyll and Sutherland Regiment and Middlesex Regiment of the 27th Commonwealth Brigade, they pushed the North Koreans back almost to the Manchurian Border. But when the Chinese entered the war on the side of the North Koreans, 3RAR played a major role in halting their advance.
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38min
March 29, 2022 No. 3 Squadron RAAF
As the Allied armies fought across North Africa, first against the Italians and then the Vichy French and Rommel's Afrika Korps, one squadron of the RAAF was there from the beginning. No. 3 Squadron was the first RAAF squadron to leave Australia and played an important part in many of the important battles from 1940 to 1943 across North Africa, Tunisia and Sicily.

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48min

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