Allied troops at the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy during World War II. Ruins of a building and rubble. A tank parked inside the destroyed building. A soldier gets onto the tank. Bombardment in the target area. Smoke rises due to the same. Destroyed houses in Cassino town. People flee from the place with their luggage. They hold their luggage and some luggage loaded on donkeys.
The allied Italian Campaign in World War II. British troops in jeeps, half-tracks, trucks, and tanks advance rapidly along a road in Italy. British infantry walking single file along the roadside. Fires burning on distant hillside. Camouflaged tanks on the road. British troops in an established position, firing mortars. A British gun crew firing heavy artillery. A Vickers machine gun being fired from a fortified position by British soldiers. View inside the bunker, of a British machine gunner firing the Vickers gun as an assistant feeds belt ammunition. Smoke rising in distance from shelling. Sherman tanks advancing along a road. British soldiers escorting German prisoners of war. U.S. soldiers guard large number of German prisoners of war, marching along a road.
Large Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) docked in Weymouth, England, the day before D-Day, in World War 2. Seen are LCI(L)s numbered: 493, 495, and 491, part of Flotilla 10, operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. Small boat traffic in the channel includes Landing crafts Vehicle, Personnel (LCVPs) and other boats.
American troops of the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division, eating lunch aboard a Landing Ship Tank docked at Weymouth, England, three days prior to D-Day. As they finish, they rinse their mess kits in hot water. A number of troops seen eating lunch as they sit on deck of large landing craft infantry LCI(L) number 88, which belongs to Flotilla 10, operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. (Note: Slate has wrong month. It is June 3rd)
Four U.S. Coast Guardsmen sit on the deck of a ship docked at Weymouth, England, three days prior to D-Day, in World War 2. One of them hands out cigarettes that they smoke. The sailors take off their hats, simultaneously revealing haircuts that collectively spell the word 'HELL.'
A U.S. Coast Guard gun crew near a 20 mm antiaircraft gun aboard a Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) docked at Weymouth, England, 3 days before D-Day. U.S. troops ask questions about the gun. (World War II period).
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.