Sicily

Blunder on Royal Mail D-Day stamp

Written in: Dutch • Jos van den Bosch • June 6, 2019

Royal Mail presented the issuance programme for the new year in the last month of 2018, and a small error soon came to light. On a stamp about D-Day, which will appear in June 2019, it turned out that an incorrect photo...

The liberation of Sicily

Written in: Dutch • Cees Janssen • November 2 2009

churchill German Italy

During the Second World War, Germany, Italy, and Japan had joined forces and formed a bloc, the Axis powers, against the so-called Allies. The war had begun in 1940, but the Allied plans to force Germany and Italy to capitulate emerged...

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