The Anzac legend has blinded Australia to its war atrocities. It's time for a reckoning

  • Written by: The Conversation
The Anzac legend has blinded Australia to its war atrocities. It's time for a reckoningAustralian soldiers in the trenches at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey in 1915.State Library of Victoria/Wikimedia Commons

For years, Australians have faced a steady stream of investigative media reports about atrocities allegedly committed by the country’s most elite soldiers in Afghanistan.

Yet, nothing could have prepared...

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