Italy

The Secret Wartime Journal of Frederick Jude - Part 4 - Vivo Englessee!

To police the area of Yugoslavia, not thus far agreed by conference, but we hope Gorizia, Trieste and Pola...

Italy Part 6; To Rome and the North (i)

Eventually, we leaguered some miles from Rome with the silhouette of St. Peter's just appearing above...

Attack at Salerno and Sighting the Cassino Monastery

Well into the voyage we were informedthat a landing was being attempted at salerno, but about halfway...

Jack South's Story

According to the IRC records this happened in Tunisia on the 19th of December 1941 and it took 2 months to...

3. A World War Two Memoir

The 8th Army had already landed at the Toe, and we were going to land at Salerno just below Naples. The air...

Reminiscenes of a Veteran Sapper - 7

At the point where the South African Engineers subsequently threw over a massive Bailey bridge, and...

Desert Chicken at Anzio

When I had over 60 missions it came time for our squadron to furnish a pilot for the courier service from...

Peace in Italy - Service in Austria 1945-46

We had twenty empty water cans in one of the trucks so we went to ask the driver if he would run...

“Reflections on Life”

August 1918, at 22, Norcliffe Street, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, the son of Mary Shackleton, and Thomas...

A Very Narrow Escape

The sound of the aircraft grew louder until I thought it was directly overhead and screwed up my shoulders...

Gus and Rene's War

Gus Krayer and Rene Shodken got married on 25 August 1940, knowing Gus was about to be called up....

Italy Part 3; Advance From Naples

During our ‘spell’ here, we went back to Sorbella — typical Italian village, narrow...

The Abbey at Montecassino

So for the fourth time since it was founded in around 529 AD by Benedict who had converted the pagan...

Dad's Journey

Dad said their situation was so bad because the Italians had so very little themselves, that he...

French Girl

The Germans probably thought it not worthwhile to treat me if I was about to be executed I'm not sure...

A Long War's A'winding

Originated By Dave Drew at Kirkby Libray On Behalf Of Mr Ernie Wray On Februay 2005. Mr Ernie Wrayis a...

Around the War and Back: A Miner Goes to War with the Royal Army Service Corps

Dad enjoyed seeing this foreign country, places like Rouen and Brittany were lovely, but eventually hard...

My World War 2 Story

A look at a map shows why this was an important place for radar stations, as with our 200 mile range we...

Monty's Caravan had no Brakes

I was not with the South African Engineering Corps while they were in the desert, where they had actually...

A Bedford Resident's Memories of Occupied Italy

With the Germans all around us my brothers and my fiance decided to escape to the mountains where we...

A Transport of Delight

The next time 56th Division came out of the line for a rest, I got Bambina out of her hiding place and,...

A Guy Called Harvey

We began to look along tablets inset into this massive structure that now filled our entire field of vision...

Italy Part 4: Crossing the Garigliano

This night passed without incident and we returned for breakfast, made a fire in a makeshift brazier and...

An Honourable Man at War

Joe returned to his former employer in Hunslet, John Fowlers Engineering, where he soon became the shop...

Samstrule- the great invasion

So Geoffrey was called upon to act as interpreter between the lieutenant-colonel in charge of the French...

Mother's letters - 3

When Florence and Margaret set out on a more extended “route march”, I sit in the garden and...