Many students first hear about the World Wars through popular films like Dunkirk or 1917 – stories of rugged men, usually white, fighting hard for freedom, family, or friendship. But what about people like Abdul Ghani, who paid the ultimate price fighting for freedom against British rule while serving in the Indian Army in Singapore in 1915? Or women like Noor Inayat Khan, the Indian-American spy princess who went behind enemy lines to fight the Nazis? What about Sheila Allan, a woman of Malay-Australian heritage who faced racial discrimination from both white Europeans and Japanese officers when interned at Changi Gaol? If we change the face of heroism, should the story of war change as well?