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15 October 2014
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Robert Odell's WWII Saga - Part 1icon for Story with photo

On the 28th of August 1940 I volunteered and joined the Young Soldiers’ Brigade, the 70th Battalion...

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Our First British Infantry division was 18,000 strong on landing, and the Division lost 8,868 officers,...

Robert Odell's WWII Saga - Part 3icon for Story with photo

We were then transported to the docks in Taranto where we embarked on a troopship, and we finally berthed...

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