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9th December 1944: A young officer holds his position whilst under heavy mortar fire, personally taking on the German panzers

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A 25pdr of 266 Battery, 67th Field Regiment in use as a mortar near San Clemente, 2 December 1944.

The bitter slogging match in Italy continued. The Allied forces had still not returned to the strength that they had been before troops were diverted to France in the summer. Even the new contingent of troops from Brazil did not make up the numbers - and th…

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