A man who fought in the World War Two Battle of Monte Cassino is returning to Italy for events to mark its 80th anniversary. Jack Hearn, from Northumberland, is 100 years old and is one of just a ...

He fled agricultural service in Kilmarnock as a teenager to get to Glasgow to enlist as an infantryman before ending up "right in the forefront" of the battle for Monte Cassino. Advancing up the ...

Monte Cassino spur was still in German hands ... In their biggest effort since the battle started, the Luftwaffe had sent ...

Bitwa o Monte Cassino is a masterclass in journalism, where facts reign above all else and, together with the passion and emotion of the reporter, bring to mind the narrative traditions of gawęda ...