Invasion of Italy 1943

From Mold to St Valery, Egypt and Italy (Part Two)

Attempting to advance on Ferrara and the River Po, our division came up against a tough German paratrooper...

Donald Delves' War, Part 3: Italy, Salerno - The Bay of Hell

I was 5513070 Pte Victor Donald Delves serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. The...

Harry Blood's War Part 6: Voyage to Salerno in Italy, 1943

Sighted Italy and soon afterwards entered Messina Straits. Had a long walk today with two of my friends,...

A Sherwood Forester Under Fire in Italy

Doing short monkey runs I made for a shallow ditch which we had passed along when advancing from the river,...

The Sinking of HMHS Newfoundland.

Sister Dorothy Mary Cole of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service joined HMHS...

Salerno 09/09/43

A direct hit on the Bridge of this craft was scored by the enemy almost immediately, with an A/P shell of...

HMS Princess Astrid 1942 t0 1944

Eight Landing ships anchored at Cowes now. 1200, Left Cowes and anchored off Yarmouth with Prince David,...

Italy

Captain Carr had a dry sense of humour he came back from that H Q one morning having driven himself up to...

My War by James Murray 4

It was all to plain that after landing on the Italian coast below Salerno that we were once more 'going...

64th (7th London) Field Regiment Royal Artillery 13

A number of Bofors Antiaircraft guns were bolted to the deck and were in constant action against enemy...

My Dad's War Memories Part 1

The liner itself was a massive affair of Dutch origin named "Marnix Van St. Aldegonde" and staffed...

Ben Cumming's War - Chapter 3: Sicily and Italy

The American 7th Army Corps under General "Blood and Guts" Patton had landed at Gela on the east...

Italy 1943

The fighting was furious with continued shelling, mortaring and firing, this lasted two days then we heard...

4. A World War Two Memoir

The 8th Army had already landed at the Toe, and we were going to land at Salerno just below Naples....

Bulldog Spirit Chapter 5 Italy to After the War

Look Stan, a big Church over there, it doesn't look as though it has been touched, let's go and...

My Life My War - Chapter 13a

So the Warspite entered the harbour And bombarded the enemy tanks, We plastered the heights and North of...

My Life My War - Chapter 12c

On the 17th of July the Warspite received orders that in company with HMS Valiant, they were to bombard to...

My Memories of the Italian Campaign

The sad part of this Christmas morning was when an orderly came round with our little gifts and in a bed...

The War Diaries of 1232581 - L.A.C. Jack Lucas R.A.F.V.R. (PART-THREE)

We heard on September 13th that the Italian Fleet had surrendered at Malta, news came that a safe landing...

Italy Part 2; Salerno and Beyond

It turned out that a German armoured car had come on patrol but had returned again seeing another of our...

A Boy's life

During the Blitz on Liverpool and Districts during 1940, It was decided to evacuate the Children, I was...

Attack at Salerno and Sighting the Cassino Monastery

Well into the voyage we were informedthat a landing was being attempted at salerno, but about halfway...

Bill Childs' War

We were attacked every day by German fighters and we were also bombed - but the bomb that landed nearest to...

The Bittersweet Grapes of Salerno

It is difficult to catergorise and compare these incidents, whether it was a direct hit on our ship, HMS...

Memories Of World War II. Continuation of story.

The official naval photographer on the "Queen Elizabeth", the leading battleship, filmed the...

War Diaries: Bath Units Before Roads

Our anti-aircraft guns were often in action during the next few weeks as we advanced with the Eighth Army...