Eighty years ago, Prime Minister Ben Chifley began his address to the nation with a sentence of perfect simplicity – and infinite power: Fellow citizens, the war is over. The signing of the surrender ...

A Second World War veteran from Essex has described those who survived to celebrate the end of the conflict as being "lucky ...

The last survivor of the HMAS Canberra is farewelled on Victory in the Pacific Day, which marks the end of hostilities in the Pacific region during World War II.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese and the right-wing New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon called for enhanced military ...