London Irish Rifles take Petacciato, Italy 1943

#OnThisDay 1943 The 2nd Bn London Irish Rifles, 38 Irish Brigade, attacked and took the village of Petacciato, Italy. One patrol ‘killed a couple of suspicious-looking “civilians” who were found to be German Panzer Grenadiers in disguise’.

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