{"id":17851,"date":"2025-12-04T21:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=17851"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:01:23","slug":"a-pictorial-history-from-algeria-to-austria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/38-irish-brigade-1942-1947\/38-irish-brigade-photographic-memories\/a-pictorial-history-from-algeria-to-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pictorial History, from Algeria to Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Photographs tracking the progress of the Irish Brigade\u2019s fighting journey from the time of their arrival in Algiers during November 1942 to the brigade\u2019s crossing into Austria in early May 1945. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These photographs are reproduced from the Imperial War Museum\u2019s extensive archives and are added to aid historical 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