German troops in Italy during World War II. German soldiers string barbed wires to put up a fence across a field in Southern Italy. Soldiers fire artillery at Allied positions and smoke rises.
German tanks and infantry defend Italy against Allied forces during World War II. Map of Italy. Allied planes in flight. German troops load artillery shells in anti aircraft guns. They fire the guns. Damaged enemy planes on ground. Smoke rises.
Prime Minister of Italy Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini in Rome, Italy during World War II. Italian airmen stand at attention. Benito Mussolini decorates Italian airmen. Widows receive posthumous awards of fallen airmen. A widow salutes to Mussolini. Troops march. Mussolini reviews the troops.
Italy during World War II. Italian soldiers and civilians on trucks with flags. Italian army, soldiers in jeep. King Victor Emmanuel III with other Italian officers. People crowd outside a building. General Pietro Badoglio poses in a balcony. Civilians on road. Soldiers clean up ground for new buildings. Construction of tunnel, bridge and buildings. Young children run towards water. Construction of a road. A ship with Italian soldiers and officers. People crowd on port. Progress of the Italian Air Force and Navy under Mussolini. An Italian navy fleet underway. Guns on the naval ship deck. Naval warfare, bombardment and explosions in the water. Italian pilots stand before trimotor bomber aircraft. Aircraft in flight. Italian soldiers stand beside artillery. Soldiers march with rifles. Soldiers in tanks during the parade. A soldier salutes.
Lieutenant General Mark Clark and General Alphonse Juin during French troops in Italy. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr., liaison officer between Fifth Army and General Juin, speaking to French officers. Light Tank rumbling along highway. Two French soldiers standing in turret. Scout cars mounting 50 cal Air cooled machine guns carry French soldiers along the highway. Italian women knitting on doorstep. 2 ½ ton truck rolling through mud and rain. (World War II period).
Truck pulling tarpaulin in covered gun across steel tread way pontoon bridge in rain in Italy. Scout cars with French troops crossing pontoon bridge in rain. Jeep with French soldiers pulling a 37mm gun along muddy road. French soldier getting astride motorcycle and driving off in the rain. Tanks and scout cars on road. (World War II period).