The 78 Division - known from its divisional emblem as 'the
Battleaxe Division' - was formed in Scotland in 1942 with the aim
of landing in North Africa later that year. Within six months, the
disparate elements had been welded together and were on their way
to take part in 'Operation Torch' - the Anglo-American landings in
Algeria. From there, the division fought its way east into the
hotly defended defiles and deserts of Tunisia - where their
formidable opponents were the battle-hardened Afrika Korps. The
division held the line against German counter attacks through the
long and bitter winter of 1942/43 before liberating Tunis and
preparing for landfall on the European mainland by way of Sicily.
The hard-fought slogging match of the Italian campaign followed,
with the 78th taking part in the battle of Cassino, the liberation
of Rome and the final push through the mountains of north-east
Italy into Austria. Based on divisional war diaries, this is an
exceptional history of a gruelling series of campaigns fought by a
unit that learned on the job.
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