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

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

The last surviving member of the 28th Māori Battalion died this afternoon peacefully at his home in Rotorua. Tributes are flowing for a man who was described as a humble, hard-working hero. Sir Robert ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Caesar once began his Commentaries on the Gallic War by dividing Gaul into three parts (which no student of Latin that had to memorize the passage in school will ever forget), so I judge myself to be ...

Rattle your dags, sharpen your shears and somebody check on Oliver Driver, because it has just been confirmed that a sequel for the local horror comedy Black Sheep will start production next year, ...