The Germans captured the village of Villers-Bretonneux, a town already known from an earlier battle, but one that has since become famous in Australian military history. Its fame rests largely upon ...

WHEN Aussie soldier Private Albert Lightfoot went into battle on April 24, 1918, he had no idea how packing a book in his gasmask pouch would change the course of his life. A little hardback novel ...

While first used in combat in the Somme, in the ruined countryside of Northern France, the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux on April 24, 1918 pitted tank against tank for the first time in history.

Until 2008, the main focus for remembrance was Gallipoli, when Australian troops were blooded at Anzac Cove at dawn on April 25, 1915. The horrors that followed on the Somme at Fromelles, Pozieres, ...

ONE hundred years ago on Anzac Day, a grazier from Queensland and a pugnacious solicitor from Melbourne worked together to change the course of world history. Thomas William Glasgow and Harold Edward ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Today in History. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Germans captured the village of Villers-Bretonneux, a town already known from an earlier battle ...