This service remembers the successful recapture of Villers Bretonneux in late April 1918. The French town was of great tactical value and on 24 April the Germans seized it from exhausted Allied defenders. Had they kept the town, it would have allowed them to threaten Allied positions at Amiens. The Germans held the town for...

Ross McMullin will talk about his latest book which was awarded The 2024 Age Book of the Year for Non-fiction.