Lechlade Library

Tag: Warfare and Defence

  • Sword

    Sword

    by Max Hastings On 6 June 1944 when the Allied armies landed on D-Day, the Second World War had already lasted almost five years. Yet many of the British and American troops who invaded Normandy were virgin soldiers, never before committed to battle. They quit England in summertime to face within hours a storm of…

  • A Mother’s Promise

    A Mother’s Promise

    by Renee Salt ‘Mama. It’s me’. I held her hand in mind, hoping it would give her the strength to hold on. Finally , she spoke , her voice barely above a whisper. ‘Do not cry when I die’. From invasion to liberation, September 1939 to April 1945, as Renee was marched from ghetto to…