Italy

The End of the War, May 8th

What joy for us in the 18th infantry division when, on May 2nd, the German High Command in the region of...

John Dudley's War Experiences in Italy

I was only 19 at the time of this story which is about Monte Cassino and Monastery Hill, Italy. Then 2...

Service Abroad

I took part in the well known battles througt the Western Dessert, El Alamein, Tobruk to Tripoli thence...

Surprise Reunion in the Appennines

When the Italians surrendered in 1944, my father escaped along with a friend, Dermott Daley... The people...

Look What A Wonderful Job I Have Done On This Chap's Nose!

After being torpedoed in South Africa, he returned to the UK, then was posted to No.297 Squadron at Fez, N....

Night-time raid on Scots soliders at Cassa di Mezzo

On 3rd January 1945 we were rushed in to guard the left flank of the Canadian Division in Cassa di Mezzo,...

A Special Event

A friend and I had seven days leave in Rome in January 1945 and we joined a coach trip to the Vatican......

It's confusion in War

On Active Service at Monte Casino. We went to Monte Casino and it was called the ‘Valley of...

On Active Service at Monte Casino

We went to Monte Casino and it was called the ‘Valley of Death’ there was the monastery and...

velveeta cheese

From about 1944 there was an Army scheme in operation called L.I.A.P., which stood for Leave in Addition to...

War story of my grandfather A.Eccles.

My Grandfather was born in Salford,England in1923... Early on in 1944 my Grandfather went over the...

sorrento

Then from Nocera, after three weeks travelled by ambulance to Sorrento on the way down we pulled into a...

Hard Biscuits at Sea

Here's an idea of what food was like for a signalman at sea in the Mediterranean in 1941-2....

78th Battleaxe Division

I was Working in Tyseley and at the age of 18, I volunteered for the army and went to the invasion of...

Well done all Site Helpers

The Gang of Four consisted of Tom Canning, Peter Ghiringhelli, Ron Goldstein and Frank Mee. This site will...

Wearing hats!

To my dismay all the contact telephone numbers seemed to be permanently busy and so I decided to write...

More on German Propaganda leaflets

This time it was to do with the River Po and I was reminded that the Germans decided to apply a little...

Wartime in Italy - Mamma's Nursing Skills

He had suffered a bad leg injury and Mamma went each day to nurse him... Although we had a donkey, Mamma...

And Then There Was One In Conte Carlo

My father was with the Royal Artillery on the twenty five pounders. It sounded like a Stuka. There was a...

27th Lancers Arrive in Austria

After the end of hostilities in Italy in early May 1945,the regiment moved through the Alps into...

Brazilian War

When finally the Brazilian soldiers reached the top and the Germans told them to put their hands up, some...

World War Two Libya, Capturing the Italian flag

My uncle George McCallam, nicknamed Cosmo was in the Royal Artillery in Libya with the 8th Army on November...

An Austrian Friend for Life.

We knocked on the front door of a house in the village of Vols, near Innsbruck. Johann Schwarzenberger...

My Life through World War II

My brother, Edwin Ralph Lynam, was in The Battle of Britain, he received the African Star and Italian Star,...

Minor incident!

After the battles of North Africa attention was given to the island of Pantelleria, which lies between Cap...

The Best Man

The photograph shows Jack Evans, "Coogie" with a friend walking at the Lido, Italy. It's a hard...