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The Battle of Hamel: Australian Soldiers Taught American Doughboys to Fight Germans in WWI

The Battle of Hamel: Australian Soldiers Taught American Doughboys to Fight Germans in WWI

At 3:10 a.m. on July 4, 1918, American soldiers climbed out of their trenches in northern France. Most had never seen combat before. They had arrived in Europe weeks earlier. Now they were attacking German positions alongside battle-hardened Australian troops and were under the command of an Australian general. For the first time in American […]

Army Whistleblower who Exposed Alleged Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan Is Sentenced to Prison

Whistleblower David McBride arrives at the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory

MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian judge sentenced a former army lawyer to almost six years in prison on Tuesday for leaking to the media classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. David McBride, 60, was sentenced in a court in the capital, Canberra, to five years and eight months in prison […]

Australian and Indonesian Forces Deploy Battle Tanks in US-Led Combat Drills Amid Chinese Concern

Indonesian Marines fire an artillery round during an amphibious landing operation.

BANYUWANGI, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of soldiers from the United States, Indonesia, Australia and other allied forces demonstrated their armor capabilities on Sunday in combat drills on the Indonesian island of Java at a time of increased Chinese aggression in the region. President Joe Biden’s administration has been strengthening an arc of military alliances in […]