Italy

POW Camp

From there he went to work for Italian peasants helping to farm the land.They did not feed him on a lot...

The Italians and the BBC

I am a teacher and student researching in the area of BBC and propaganda in Italy during the second world...

Christmas Day 1943

Christmas day, 1943 I was on the Maiella Massif in Italy, the snow was waist deep... Every Christmas since...

Christmas Day 1943

Christmas day, 1943 I was on the Maiella Massif in Italy, the snow was waist deep... Every Christmas since...

Days out in San Marino

He would take a few friends and they all liked to go up to San Marino - as there was often lots...

WHEN GEORGE FOUND HAROLD

Dad joined up, and served in North Africa, Scicily, Casino, and throughout Italy... When George was called...

The Other Side Italy

My wife was born in Milan, saw Mussolini corps strung up in next street... Adelaide came to Oxford to study...

(Million Dollar Hill)

In the next few days one of the Sikhs would pay us a call each day offering to give us a shave/or...

Advance to Cassino

I was in Italy near Cassino held up for nearly six months... We couldn't cross our shoelaces when we...

A Pilgrimage of Remembrance

This company was first commanded by my uncle, Captain A.S. Neilson, who was awarded the DSO at Monte...

Escape from torpedoed submarine

We know from letters and from newspaper articles at the time, that his submarine, the Saracen, was...

Reported Killed at Monte Cassino

So off we went with the captain from the South African Boer Construction Company and the sergeant....

Basil Hewitt

Name: HEWITT, ERNEST BASIL SNELL Initials: E B S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment:...

An unforgettable visit to the Yugoslav Partisans!

My father served in the navy during the war and was involved in a gun-running trip to the Yugoslav...

End Of War; What Do You Celebrate With?

I was in Italy deployed to assist Martial Tetoe's partisans in the Adriatic Islands, Vis and Korcula....

HOME FORCES - Inniskillings, "travel about 2 miles like going abroad

His story was given to the Trebah WW2 Video Archive, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2004. I...

Ron's Collection: Direct Links

To bring some sort of order to this potpourri I have listed these stories, chronologically, wherever...

Dining out in Guelma, North Africa, 1943

In June 1943 my unit, the 49th LAA Rgt, was stationed near Guelma in North Africa. A few of us went into...

An Italian Soldier

We are Italian and grew up in Tessera near Venice. There was me, Gina, my sister Norma, and two brothers -...

The war in Naples as seen by a 14 year old

The Americans and English came to Naples in 1944 landing in Salerno — because if they landed in...

Incident in Italy

In Italy he was mentioned in despatches and received his "Oak leaves" for driving a buring tanker...

Scot's 50th anniversary medal card

Scot's 50th anniversary medal card...

Your story edited and categorised

During heavy shelling from the Germans near Monte Casino, my father, Michael Anthony McKendrick, fell into...

PTE.PETER PEARSON 4987654 SIGNALS PLATOON

At 4pm on saturday 28th of April 1945,two German officers in civilian clothes arrived by plane at the...

Football Italy 2

It was taken in Italy, perhaps Foggia, 1944. Does anyone know any of those in the photo, and in particular,...

Mirano square 2

Mirano square 2...