From the first landings in Sicily in 1943 to the final battles in the Italian mountains in April 1945, soldiers recount the bloody struggle during a campaign where the Allies invaded Italy after ...

Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that Italy promised the best approach to Nazi Europe. In July 1943, half-a-million Allied soldiers, sailors, and airmen were deployed in a massive amphibious assault ...

Carlisle MP, Julie Minns has paid tribute to men and women from Cumbria ahead of Remembrance Day. The Border Regiment and the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment have historically been based in the city ...

With some 16 war books to his credit, historian James Holland remains on full firepower in “Cassino ’44”. This follows on ...

On July 10, 1943, the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers landed in Sicily as part of Operation Husky. My grandfather was among them. For nine days they slowly made their way towards ...