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Volume 6 - No. 145 - January 8, 1943

I Was There! - We Rammed Oran's Boom to Land Our Troops

Jan1943

I Was There! - We Rammed Oran's Boom to Land Our Troops

To facilitate the landing of Allied assault troops at Oran the concrete boom across the harbour entrance had to be smashed and defences immobilized. The part H.M.S. Hartland played in this perilous ac

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Full index of this magazine

  • The Battle Fronts
  • The War at Sea
  • Why the Solomons Battle Is So Important
  • Japan's Fanatical Belief that She Can Win
  • Under the Swastika
  • The War Comes Very Near to Sicily
  • The War in the Air
  • The Home Front
  • I Was There! - They Were Jammed Like Sardines in Naples Harbour
  • I Was There! - We Rammed Oran's Boom to Land Our Troops
  • I Was There! - I Spent Three Days in a German U-Boat
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Editor's Postscript