{"id":14155,"date":"2025-09-09T10:25:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=14155"},"modified":"2025-09-13T08:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T08:34:33","slug":"kangaroo-army-at-lavezzola-14-april-1945","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/kangaroo-army-at-lavezzola-14-april-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"Kangaroo Army at Lavezzola, 14 April 1945"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"419\" height=\"397\" data-id=\"14157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_024080_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_024080_1-2.jpg 419w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_024080_1-2-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 24080): Men of the 2nd Btn. 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src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_024082_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_024082_1-2.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_024082_1-2-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(NA 24082): Amphibious tanks, to be used to take infantry across the river Reno.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"388\" data-id=\"14159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_024083_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/large_NA_024083_1-2.jpg 415w, 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