1941
Caithness at War: Week 77
17-23 February 1941 On 20 February German forces under Rommel advanced as far as the British lines…
Caithness at War: Week 76
10-16 February 1941 This week German reinforcements under Erwin Rommel (the famous “Afrika Korps”)…
Caithness at War: Week 75
3-9 February 1941 After weeks of fighting the Italian 10th Army was in full retreat from Cyrenaica…
Caithness at War: Week 74
27 January - 2 February 1941 Following the fall of Tobruk last week, British and Australian forces…
Caithness at War: Week 73
20-26 January 1941 On 21 January British and Australian troops attacked Tobruk and captured it next…
Caithness at War: Week 72
13-19 January 1941 Back in August 1940 Italian forces had invaded British Ethiopia and driven out…
Caithness at War: Week 71
6-12 January 1941 In Libya, British and Commonwealth forces advanced on Tobruk, capturing the…