I served in ‘A’ Troop 85 Battery, 11th (Essex) Med Regt, Royal Artillery, during World War Two. On the 20 October 1944 we were involved in the battle to clear the River Scheldt of the enemy in order ...

British historian and journalist Holland (Fortress Malta) vividly recalls the final year of World War II in Italy in this masterful narrative. The controversial decision to invade Sicily and Italy ...

Xmas 43 and the poor devils in Italy were still slogging their way up Italy. Following Salerno and Anzio slow progress was made. Surely they weren’t going to keep so many troops tied up in Gib. The ...

THE DEATH occurred on July 7 of John O. McGeough, a native of Blackrock, who served with distinction in the British forces during World War 2. John's family resided on the Old Golf Links Road, ...

It was about this time that I had a bad experience of having to follow an order that I knew to be pointless. It has haunted me ever since. I had been ordered to take my platoon to clear some woods and ...

"First published in Great Britain as Arnhem : the Battle for the Bridges, 1944"--Title page verso. NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents The chase is on! -- ...