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Join us at IWM Duxford on Sunday 12 May 2019 as the Legion commemorates the 70th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Blockade.
We're marking the 75th anniversary of Monte Cassino with commemorations at the NMA and Remembrance tours centred around the Italian campaign.
For the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings, we are planning several commemorations, including a fully funded tour for 300 D-Day veterans to Normandy.
The troops who served and sacrificed in the battles to take control of Monte Cassino came from six continents and represented many nations.
Michael Bondel, a Polish signaller, did not have to wait long for a dramatic introduction to Monte Cassino and was there for the final battle.
For the 75th anniversary of D-Day, we share stories to remember the service of Commonwealth nations and Allies who fought and died.
Nila Kanten arrived in Cassino at the time of his twenty-third birthday, in time to witness the bombing of the monastery in the second battle of Monte Cassino.
Sean Crampton crossed the Garigliano River to find progress blocked by a minefield and enemy machine gun fire during the first battle of Monte Cassino.
RAF Pilot Dick Arscott, who flew into Gatow throughout the Berlin Blockade, describes the routine for the thousands of aircrews eventually employed.
Kenneth Bond of the 4th Indian Division recounts the battle and the bombing at Hangman's Hill in 1944. He turned 21 in a hole in Cassino.
Looking back at the landing at Salerno, William C Church is amazed that he made it through the ‘rough ordeal’.
When Marie Garcia joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service she had no idea she would end up working on D-Day.
Tautini Moana Karawa aka Tini Glover was with the 28th Maori Battalion that arrived at Cassino in Feb 1943 and stayed until the final of the four battles ended.
Three generations of the Nixon family will visit Anzio and Monte Cassino to re-live the hardest fought battle of the war.
Winifred Blackwell shares her memories of being a Barrage Balloon Operator during the Second World War.
Denis Fawcett joined the Royal Marines in 1940 and served at D-Day. In June 2016 he was awarded the Lègion d’Honneur.
