News Letter on MSN9 个月
Germans surrender in large numbers as Cassino battle nears its end (1944)
Up to noon on Saturday, March 18, 1944 only 51 German prisoners had been taken in the battle ... Cassino. The Germans had ...
BBC8 个月
100-year-old veteran returns to WW2 battlefield
A man who fought in the World War Two Battle of Monte Cassino is returning to Italy for events to mark its 80th anniversary. Jack Hearn, from Northumberland, is 100 years old and is one of just a ...
The Daily Telegraph1 个月
Sir Robert Gillies, last survivor of the 28th (Maori) Battalion who fought in the Second ...
In 2014, 2019 and this year, he attended the ceremonies in Italy marking the 70th, 75th and 80th anniversaries of the Battle of Monte Cassino. In 2021, he led the celebration of the 75th ...