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Captured by a German raiding party

19th January 1944: A young officer has to learn fast as his platoon is surprised by a German patrol

Jan 19, 2024
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Four months later the battle for the Cassino Plain continued. Machine gunners of the London Irish Rifles holding a position, in what a few hours before was a German machine gun nest. 17th May 1944.
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