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Nazis launch random attacks on Poles
2nd October 1943: A decree from the Nazi Government in Poland announces a new wave of lethal measures against the Polish people
'Freely I Served'
An excerpt from the classic memoir by Stanislaw Sosabowski, commander of 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
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Sex Under the Swastika
Patton takes command in North Africa
The end of U-331
'Panzer Ace'
Stalingrad - 'Gingerbread or the Whip'
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The Allies enter Naples
1st October 1943: The Italians suffer as the Germans, their former allies, vindictively destroy what they can as they retreat
Perils of a POW escape
30th September 1943: As Allied POWS are shipped back to Germany from Italy many believe that this is their best chance to attempt an escape
Dogfight over the Eastern Front
29th September 1943: A Luftwaffe fighter ace has a lucky escape
The horrors of Camp Syret
28th September 1943: As the SS try to burn the evidence of the holocaust, Jewish forced labourers make a desperate attempt to escape
USAAF fighters surprise the Luftwaffe
27th September 1943: The P-47 Thunderbolt makes its appearance alongside the B-17 bombers of the 8th Air Force in Europe, along with the P-51 Lightnings
Sneak attack into Singapore harbour
26th September 1943: Australian Special Forces canoe into Singapore harbour and place limpet mines on seven Japanese ships overnight
The Coldstream Guards take Hill 207
25th September 1943: A Victoria Cross for the Sergeant Major who discovers there are no officers left and makes a single-handed attack to take the hill
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