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Tuesday 16 May 1944
The battle for what the enemy called the Gustav Line had begun at 2300 hours on 11 May when the Eighth (UK) Army and Fifth (US) Army launched Operation DIADEM. The plan included the 38 (Irish) Brigade Group leading the 78th Division attack northwards from the River Rapido towards Route 6 at first light on 15 May 1944.
(Right, 78th Infantry Division's Battle-axe Flash - © IWM (INS 6665))
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Tuesday 16 May 1944
The battle for what the enemy called the Gustav Line had begun at 2300 hours on 11 May when the Eighth (UK) Army and Fifth (US) Army launched Operation DIADEM. The plan included the 38 (Irish) Brigade Group leading the 78th Division attack northwards from the River Rapido towards Route 6 at first light on 15 May 1944.
(Right, 78th Infantry Division's Battle-axe Flash - © IWM (INS 6665))
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Tuesday 16 May 1944
The battle for what the enemy called the Gustav Line had begun at 2300 hours on 11 May when the Eighth (UK) Army and Fifth (US) Army launched Operation DIADEM. The plan included the 38 (Irish) Brigade Group leading the 78th Division attack northwards from the River Rapido towards Route 6 at first light on 15 May 1944.
(Right, 78th Infantry Division's Battle-axe Flash - © IWM (INS 6665))
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