D-Day marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War, a period of our history captured on screen in all its guts and glory. Graeme Ross sticks his head above the ...

Royse Davies was awarded a Bravery Medal for saving the lives of his mates when the SS Lake Illawarra collided with the Tasman Bridge. A movie star also played a part in his heroism. A marine ...

In his scathing review, Roger Ebert asks, "Why make a movie about total defeat and stupidity?" Yet, that is exactly why A Bridge Too Far stands out. It captures the scale, complexity, and failure ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A photojournalist who captured one of the most enduring images of World War II — the U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima — had a block in ...

Watch Letters From Iwo Jima for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now! As the Americans approach, the Japanese defenders dig deep into the ...

Later Worth became an officer and commanded a team of military dog handlers in the battle of Iwo Jima. He was an eyewitness to the iconic flag-raising on Mt. Suribachi. After the war, Worth ...

Sands of Iwo Jima This is a vast saga [by Harry Brown] of a marine platoon whose history is traced from its early combat training through its storming of Iwo Jima's beaches to the historic flag ...

Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has thrown his weight behind those calling for the introduction of Shari’ah law in the South-West region of Nigeria. Oba Akanbi who defended the move ...

“But the Marines took Iwo Jima.” This month, Rosenthal, who died in 2006, is being honored in San Francisco, where he lived for most of his life: Officials have renamed a downtown block of ...