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Berlin (2)

Our Radio Operator was replying to a challange from our own guns when an American operator cut into the...

On the German Side

Hamburg had been horrifically bombed in July 1943, and as there were none of the amenities of civilisation...

Flight Sgt Harry Tenny

Fifty Russians with two Guards, then a mere two British Tommys with eight Guards each armed with a rifle...

Friendly Fire 1945

On the 4th February, 1945, we arrived at Malag & Milag Nord, about twelve miles East of Bremen, having...

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Tommy Wells' Second World War Memoirs

When he got back to England, Thomas was told that England was expected to be invaded, so the army went down...

My Army Service

After completing the course I went to an ammunition sub-depot in Thorpe Perrow Snape near Bedale in...

My Grandfather’s Place in History

My Grandfather was a lawyer and as such he was required to act as a Defending Officer for several Nazis...

Blinded in Action: With 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment in Germany 1945

My father-in-law, Johnnie Cowan was blinded in both eyes by German heavy machine gun fire on the April 15th...

Gordon Taylor 's Story : VE Day

The book written by Clifford Barnard Titled Two Weeks In May tells the whole story Tuesay May 7th saw me in...

My Father's War; 1939 - 1945

Along with his best friend Don Taylor, at the wedding with Joan Bushell, they found a farm belonging to...

Saltau

Soltau Military Cemetery, fringed by trees, lies in the gentle, rolling hills, on an hillside overlooking...

Royal Engineers, 1940 to 1946icon for Story with photo

Mr. Davies then showed the interviewer his four medals he was awarded for his service: the 1939-1945 Star,...

Victims of German Atrocities

M. Casey, W/O A. Hake FILL T. Leigh, F/Lt G. Witey, and FIO P. Pohe It is of little satisfaction that,...

Final Letter Home

On our push inside we have liberated thousands of slave workers, PoW who when they see us jump for joy,....

Bernard (Taffy) Morgan Code and Cypher RAF

Bernard Morgan Code and Cypher RAF. 83 G.C.C. moved off the beach to our first Operational Site in France,...

German Surrender

I was eventually notified that some German emissaries weould be seeking to pass through my position to...

J A Martin DFC - Surviving an Attempted Own Goal at Dover

We thought we were crossing the English coast when the Dover Gunners started shooting at us with...

The War's Nearly Overicon for Story with photo

Another message says that 'This is the lake in Hamburg that I told you looked so lovely when the sun...

From Ukraine Village School to Forced Labour

Ivan P Barabash was born in the town of Dybovyazorvka, Konotopski Rayion, Sumska Oblast, to a fairly well...

Snippets from My War Service

These are a couple of extracts from an oral tape Eric Ellis recorded for the RH7 History Group Memory Bank,...

Belsen

There were about 13,000 un buried corpses How we the british army foreward command heard about the camp...

Bill's Waricon for Story with photo

It wasn't a bad posting, but neither was it without incident because there were huge artillery pieces...

Ukrainian Miller Forced to Become a Miner in Germany

His father wanted him to become a cobbler but Wasyl was insistent that he wanted to become a miller, his...

The end of Lancaster 'N' for Nuts - 30th August 1943 - Part Two

The next few days involved the Russians making a list of all British prisoners, at which we individually...

As it Was

Whilst there, Dunkirk happened and I was made up from from an A2 person, A1 person, and drafted to...

The War of Two Sailors part twoicon for Story with photo

January 1943 Harold was then sent from Portsmouth to join a transport liner “Empress of Japan”...

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