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5 Infantry Division (1943-45) It then rested and refitted after its long period on front-line duty. By late morning of April 12, after an all-night assault, the 8th Indian Infantry Division was established on the far side of the Santerno and the 78th Infantry Division started their pass through to make the assault on Argenta. moved to another camp, some seven kilometers away called "Opicina," high up on a high overlooking Trieste. For the balance of the day the boat was surrounded by floating and very lethal German mines and we found ourselves fending them off and taking pot-shots at them! Kind regards, Thankgoodness for that, I am off to Berwick on Tweed Monday for a few days and if I had suddenly arrived at Barnard Castle would have thought my map reading slightly out. Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive, or they will be removed. http://www.tergeste.net/PzSAntonioJ.htm. When I got back from leave it was to find that our barracks were being shared with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Gesuiti I could either go on a skiing holiday at Cortina, or take a course as a technical storeman. In turn the navy invited some of us back to their own units and I was chosen to spend a day on a mine-sweeper in Trieste harbour. It took part in the second battle for Cassino between 11 and 18 May 1944, under the command of XIII Corps. research. On April 28, Vietinghoff sent emissaries to the Allied Army headquarters. This then gave one a 'group number', and over the next year or so each group number came up in turn and the members of that group received their discharge. The 4 Infantry Division was deployed from Egypt, and arrived in Italy on 21 February 1944. British Military History is the online resource covering British Army, British Indian Army and Britains Allies. From Opicina we now moved to the dockyard area of Monfalcone, just a few miles down the road but still in the Trieste Area. Army Air Corps operations record books and war diaries, 1957-1969, are in WO 295. Twenty men drawn from all ranks were sent home from Italy to be present on the night, and wonder of wonders, I was one of four corporals to travel a total of six days to attend the dinner. Records of Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, World War II Bear in mind that a search in our catalogue will also search for records in other archives around the country keep your eye on the Held by field to establish whether the records are here or elsewhere. The view from the peak was terrific. It served in Palestine until the end of the war. No one dared to upset Trieste's already overcrowded labour market. We settled down at Villa Opicina and Eddy Patman took over the job of running the canteen. moved by the A.M.G. ''There were some 800 Italian Fascists listed as war criminals by the Allies, but none were ever brought to trial,'' said Ivan Fumic, head of the Partisan veterans' organization in Croatia. Freedom, you may say, Food was at a premium there The division took part in the invasion of Sicily, crossing into Italy in 3 September 1943. It replaced four smaller synagogues that existed previously.. They. On our arrival back in camp we would find ourselves being armed and sent back to the town in convoy to control the riots that were taking place. The Italian right-wing National Alliance party, which received 24 percent of the vote in Trieste's last elections, cites the massacres and the expulsions to fan sentiment against the city's ethnic Slav minority, who make up about 30 percent of the population.
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