What was the most terrible battle of the Second World War fought by the Durhams?
In July 1943 Durham Territorial soldiers from 6th, 8th & 9th Battalions DLI fought German parachutists at Primosole Bridge in Sicily. There the Germans lost over 300 men killed and the Durhams suffered 500 casualties. Part of the battlefield was called ‘Stink Alley’. This battle was possibly the most terrible in Europe but nothing compares to the horrors of the fighting at Kohima in 1944.
