D-Day Dodgers of Italy

By Christopher Kelly | August 15, 2014

D-Day Dodgers of Italy D-Day Dodgers, the name given to troops fighting in Italy, implied cowardice and avoidance of the ‘real’ war in France. It is generally believed that it was Lady Astor MP who first called the men of the 8th Army who were fighting in the Italian Campaign ‘D-Day Dodgers’. It was put together by…

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D-Day 70

By Christopher Kelly | August 15, 2014

Seventy years ago the Allied armies waded ashore on the beaches of Normandy to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe.  The night before on June 5th American airborne forces (82nd and 101st) landed on the Western flank of the invasion area near St. Mere Eglise while British airborne (6th para) forces secured the Eastern flank and Pegasus bridge.  They jumped…

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