Sometimes people are blessed with such an age and healthy memory that they will still recall what happened 80 years ago.

In total, almost 3600 men served overseas with the Māori Battalion between 1940 and 1945. Of these, 649 were killed in action ...

The last surviving member of the 28th Māori Battalion died this afternoon, peacefully, at his home in Rotorua. Tributes are ...

“We wanted to see the world.” After training in Egypt, Gillies and his comrades arrived in Italy in 1943 during the fierce ...

Wherever you looked on the campus of Monte Cassino, the process of planting trees was underway, a whole lot of trees. "A ...

Her father joined the Polish Free Army, as he called it, and met Wojtek while in the Middle East. Wojtek was famed as a bear ...

Between the sixth and twentieth centuries, the Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino (est. 529) experienced a cycle of atrocities which forever transformed its identity. This book examines how such a ...

Sunny with a high of 70 °F (21.1 °C). Winds variable. Night - Clear. Winds NNE. The overnight low will be 51 °F (10.6 °C). Mostly cloudy today with a high of 70 °F (21.1 °C) and a low of 46 ...

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

Early on Monday, March 20, there had been a determined struggle for Hill 193, between Monastery Hill and Cassino. The Germans had regained the height early in the morning, but were thrown out again.

The BBC will once again mark Remembrance Week across television, radio, and online with a range of original and live ...

Now, at the aged of 102-year-old, Mrs Perry will be laying a wreath at a war memorial in tribute to him following his passing. Mrs Perry, a resident at St Mary's Care Home in Crostwick, will lay a ...