The United States and Australia were allied during the Second World War, fighting against the Japanese Empire and against Nazi Germany on the European Continent. Yet two incidents on the Australian ...

JOAN Wright was celebrating her 24th birthday at the Hotel Sydney on October 18, 1942, with her mother and sister, when she caught the eye of Ray Hodgson, a tall, blue-eyed, blond American.

Strauss Airstrip, a preserved World War II pursuit fighter installation in Australia's Northern Territory, offers visitors a ...

80 years ago, on May 5, 1945, the strangest fight in World War II took place. American soldiers and Wehrmacht troops teamed up to fight the SS. By Nicholas Slayton Published May 5, 2025 12:31 PM EDT ...