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Current News

BBC News Middle East [news.bbc.co.uk]: Minute-by-Minute Headlines from and about Iraq and the Middle East.
Orders of Battle [orbat.com]: Daily Summaries from and about Iraq and the Middle East.

BETFOR-related Websites

24 Guards Brigade: World War II Order of Battle
24 Guards, Infantry, Airmobile Brigade: Brief history, 1914-1999, but overlooks Trieste service.
Survey's Trieste Adventure: 3rd Survey Regiment, RA, XIII Corps
Trieste: Caught Red-Handed: 93 Special Investigation Section and the vanishing gramophone records.

Principal Documents

Allied Statements on Trieste Dispute with Yugoslavia: 19 May 1945
Agreement for the Provisional Administration of Venezia Giulia: Signed at Belgrade on 9 June 1945; Came into force 9 June 1945.
Tripartite Agreement on Venezia Giulia: 25 June 1945
Italian Peace Treaty: Signed at Paris on 10 February 1947; Came into force on 15 September 1947
Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Free Territory of Trieste: Signed at London on 5 October 1954; Came into force on 5 October 1954.

Historical Studies

Bernard Meares - Where the Balkans begin
Twenty-Five Lectures on Modern Balkan History: The Balkans in the Age of Nationalism
AMG Venezia Giulia: 1945-1947: Why we had to stay there, How we went about it.
Victoria Crosses - MTO WWII: Links to the citations for all the Victoria Crosses awarded in the WW II Med.
"One More River" - 2nd New Zealand Division: The final week: liberation of Trieste and Gorizia.
British Artillery in World War 2
7th Armoured Division "Desert Rats"

Divisions, Regiments, and their Organisation

British Divisions - WW II
British & Commonwealth Orders of Battle
British Army Roll of Regiments 1945
Regiments of the British Empire and Commonwealth: An introductory overview of the modern British Army.

Uniform and Insignia

EG Frames Militaria UK: Source for, and guide to, Army Badges and Medals.
Kelly Badge Co: Source for, and guide to, UK Formation Signs

And a few extra offerings!

Tom Cohoon's TRUST/BETFOR Website: The "Old Soldiers' Home"
Trieste Mia - Charm and Mystery: (English)
AIAT - Agenzia di Informazione e di Accoglienza Turistica - Trieste: Trieste Tourism Information and Welcoming Agency (English)
Flag of the Free Territory of Trieste
"For Better or For Worse", 9 November 1997: Remembrance Day and Poppies
"The D-Day Dodgers": sung to the tune of "Lili Marlene"
Comrades in Arms Reunited

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