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The Forgotten D-Day – Operation Avalanche’s Brutal Struggle | WWII Part 2
The Allied invasion of Italy at Salerno, known as Operation Avalanche, was quickly turning into a disaster. Against hardened German forces, inexperienced Allied troops faced brutal counterattacks, ...
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WWII soldier from Bloomington identified in 1943 remains from Italy
Pfc. Robert L. Bryant of the U.S. Army's Company B, 4th Ranger Battalion was just 23 when he died near Pietre, Italy, following Operation Avalanche in September 1943. According to a Tuesday ...
BBC5y
Afghanistan conflict: Two US soldiers killed on operation
The US has about 14,000 troops in Afghanistan and is part of a Nato mission there Two US service members have been killed while serving in Afghanistan, Nato says. They were killed on Friday but ...
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Afghanistan: British Army officers tell of 'chaotic' evacuation operation
The senior British commander on the ground in Kabul has been speaking for the first time about the UK's evacuation operation from Afghanistan. Brigadier James Martin spoke of his soldiers ...