Field kitchen May 9th or 10th, I do not exactly remember, the food of the soup kitchen was completely...
After landing, Don was promoted to full Corporal and was installed as the wireless operator to the...
The breakout from the Escaut Canal was led by the Guards Armoured Division, the leading battalion being 2nd...
He informed us our destination was to be Holland, specifically Rotterdam, to blow up the large oil...
As the flood waters receded this once ‘floating’ Bailey gradually dried out, as the pontoons...
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Anyway, the subject of the photograph is lying dead and mutilated outside a dug-out in flooded Holland...
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The journey was uneventful and the landing in a cabbage field near Wolfheze was good, and was later...
Other divisions had been clearing the Germans from Antwerp to use the port for supplies, rather than...
About five minutes after getting to the police station, two fairly senior German Polizei turned up and took...
The second army had been given the task of making the corridor wider and safer, and George's unit was...
Banger still refused; the officer asked Bert why not. Unluckily for Bert, when the officer saw him he said,...
There was approximately 35 men, no transport, no medical persons, 1 officer, 1 sergeant, 2 Corporals and 3...
You may be astounded to know that your Public Enemy No 1 of Germany is NOT Hitler. This man would even...
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