0ur Division News Today

now on bbc news — first hand accounts from veterans of the second world war in episode one of we were there. you were shot at, shelled, bombed, mortared. ..and yelled, "let the bombs go from the aircraft". how many young people did we actually kill? we looked to the aircraft and the whole of the back of it had been shredded with shell splinters. if the sergeant says, _ "jump," you said, "how high?" we just did whatever we were told to do. i in the sand, the only way to survive seemed...

like nothing else in my life. good morning from edgbaston ahead of the second day of an ashes series thats so far lived up to all the hype. a brilliant century from joe root and brave battling by england helped them to nearly 400 before they turned the pressure onto australia, with this opening test intriguingly poised. and ian wright, ken bruce and davina mccall are among those in the kings first birthday honours list. it will feel increasingly humid this weekend when the sun is out b...

0ur division was putting — told to capture a range of hills to the north of tunisia. it took a month of solid fighting. you were shot at, shelled, bombed, mortared, everything. and you got that dreadful feeling of sickness in your tummy. "oh, god. "is this going to be the last time?" sometimes, you were lucky. sometimes, you werent. i was lucky. i think towards the — towards the end — before the end of april—beginning of may, i think they thoiught that they were — they really had had i...

It was a sunday. i was in church with my mother and father. and i remember hearing the bishop getting up in the pulpit before his sermon and saying, "were now at war with germany" and i thought, "how exciting! gosh, an adventure!" and little did i know what was in store for me. 0ur division was putting — told to capture a range of hills to the north of tunisia. it took a month of solid fighting. you were shot at, shelled, bombed, mortared, everything. and you got that dreadful feeling