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The Kings of Kekoda

On the 29th August 1942 a soldier of the Australian Maroubra Force placed his hand on the bipod of his Bren gun, the barrel was still too hot to hold and loaded a fresh magazine. The enemy, only yards away, were crashing through the jungle towards them. The Australian Force were massively outnumbered, exhausted and…

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The Amazing War Stories Book Club – The Battle of Longstop Hill

This month, our book of choice is The Battle of Longstop Hill which tells the heroic and little known battle that changed the course of the war in Tunisia.

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WW2 French Bank Notes & Operation Biting Planning Boards

In the dead of night on February 27, 1942, a group of daring British soldiers from the newly formed Parachute Regiment, led by Major John Frost, landed behind enemy lines into German-occupied France. Their mission was to raid a German radar installation in the small coastal village of Bruneval, near the port of Le Havre….

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