Destroyed city blocks and rubble in Warsaw ghetto during World War 2. A man writes “WAWER” on pavement as reference to the 1939 massacre of 107 Polish civilians by German forces in Wawer, near Warsaw. Women leave flowers on pavement to commemorate victims in Wawer. Pavement Polish graffiti with the symbol of the PW Polish Underground State. Polish men play with a cartoon Adolf Hitler paper marionette puppet hung on a wall. Polish men hoist cartoon Adolf Hitler puppet effigy up a lamppost. Bottom of streetlamp with graffiti words written in German.
Mechanized smoke screen surrounds the harbor of Palermo, Italy during World War 2. Thick smoke screen, provided by the 69th and 78th Chemical Smoke Generator Companies of the United States Army, covers the view of Palermo old town, the Gulf of Mondello, and the nearby Palermo mountain range.
United States Army General George S. Patton Jr. examines a field map with other army officers under a camouflaged netting during the Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. General Patton points to map while military officers listen. Hundreds of Italian prisoners-of-war, holding white flags, march through the devastated streets of Messina, Sicily. A United States military jeep drives on the road near prisoners. General George S. Patton is smiling with other military officials. General George S. Patton, Major General Lucian K. Truscott, and General Hobart S. Gay in conversation beside a military jeep in Palermo. General George S. Patton, while seated in the passenger seat of jeep, talks to an officer. A United States Army cameraman is shooting smoke and flames from trees behind a wall. Smoke in nearby building.
United States soldiers move in columns into a town during the Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. United States soldiers pass by a nasone (Italian water fountain) while marching in Messina Sicily Italy. United States soldiers examine a map together. Soldiers, as a demolition crew, set up charge in brick wall that is blocking their way. Soldier inserts charge in brick wall hole. Soldiers evacuate before bypass explodes. Explosion and smoke from destruction of wall.
Abandoned trucks in freight yard in Milazzo Sicily during World War 2. Remnants of a motorcycle. An abandoned truck with rear doors opened. Assorted military supplies in the back of a truck. An abandoned water truck belonging to the “R. Aeronautica” (Regia Aeronautica, or the Royal Italian Air Force). Empty oil barrels with Italian words. Abandoned wooden crates of lubricant belonging to the Royal Italian Air Force. Scattered vehicular and machine spare parts, truck bodies, and wooden crates are abandoned.
United States lieutenant Colonel J. A. Heintges, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, interrogates two German prisoners captured by American paratroopers in World War II. One of the German prisoners is smiling.
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