The chapel still linking Orkney and Italy - 80 years after WW2 ended
It's almost 80 years since the end of World War Two, during which Orkney became home to hundreds of Italian prisoners of war.
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ERNIE PYLE
Prior to World War II, Ernie Pyle (1900-1945 ... He subsequently covered America's involvement in the war from the frontlines in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and France and gained a reputation ...
Grave of lost North East soldier who fought and died in WW2 located in Italy
He appears to have been captured around Tobruk in North Africa in late June 1943 and to have become a prisoner of the ...
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World War Two: Areas of Conflict
Conflict began in 1935 when Italy ... of African soldiers from west, east and South Africa the Italians were defeated in Ethiopia. Emperor Haile Selassie was then restored to his throne. North ...